diff --git a/drivers/st/mmc/stm32_sdmmc2.c b/drivers/st/mmc/stm32_sdmmc2.c
index f453ce9..1be8850 100644
--- a/drivers/st/mmc/stm32_sdmmc2.c
+++ b/drivers/st/mmc/stm32_sdmmc2.c
@@ -152,10 +152,14 @@
 static void stm32_sdmmc2_init(void)
 {
 	uint32_t clock_div;
+	uint32_t freq = STM32MP_MMC_INIT_FREQ;
 	uintptr_t base = sdmmc2_params.reg_base;
 
-	clock_div = div_round_up(sdmmc2_params.clk_rate,
-				 STM32MP_MMC_INIT_FREQ * 2);
+	if (sdmmc2_params.max_freq != 0U) {
+		freq = MIN(sdmmc2_params.max_freq, freq);
+	}
+
+	clock_div = div_round_up(sdmmc2_params.clk_rate, freq * 2U);
 
 	mmio_write_32(base + SDMMC_CLKCR, SDMMC_CLKCR_HWFC_EN | clock_div |
 		      sdmmc2_params.negedge |
@@ -406,7 +410,7 @@
 {
 	uintptr_t base = sdmmc2_params.reg_base;
 	uint32_t bus_cfg = 0;
-	uint32_t clock_div, max_freq;
+	uint32_t clock_div, max_freq, freq;
 	uint32_t clk_rate = sdmmc2_params.clk_rate;
 	uint32_t max_bus_freq = sdmmc2_params.device_info->max_bus_freq;
 
@@ -438,7 +442,13 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	clock_div = div_round_up(clk_rate, max_freq * 2);
+	if (sdmmc2_params.max_freq != 0U) {
+		freq = MIN(sdmmc2_params.max_freq, max_freq);
+	} else {
+		freq = max_freq;
+	}
+
+	clock_div = div_round_up(clk_rate, freq * 2U);
 
 	mmio_write_32(base + SDMMC_CLKCR,
 		      SDMMC_CLKCR_HWFC_EN | clock_div | bus_cfg |
@@ -692,6 +702,11 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	cuint = fdt_getprop(fdt, sdmmc_node, "max-frequency", NULL);
+	if (cuint != NULL) {
+		sdmmc2_params.max_freq = fdt32_to_cpu(*cuint);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/drivers/st/stm32_sdmmc2.h b/include/drivers/st/stm32_sdmmc2.h
index aa9472c..4853208 100644
--- a/include/drivers/st/stm32_sdmmc2.h
+++ b/include/drivers/st/stm32_sdmmc2.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2018, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2019, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	unsigned int		dirpol;
 	unsigned int		clock_id;
 	unsigned int		reset_id;
+	unsigned int		max_freq;
 	bool			use_dma;
 };