diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index a1ba2caa8308..44e91e598f8d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ int rtc_irq_set_freq(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_task *task, int freq)
 	int err = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (freq <= 0)
+	if (freq <= 0 || freq > RTC_MAX_FREQ)
 		return -EINVAL;
 retry:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc->irq_task_lock, flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/rtc.h b/include/linux/rtc.h
index b27ebea25660..93f4d035076b 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtc.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtc.h
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ struct rtc_pll_info {
 #define RTC_AF 0x20	/* Alarm interrupt */
 #define RTC_UF 0x10	/* Update interrupt for 1Hz RTC */
 
+
+#define RTC_MAX_FREQ	8192
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <linux/types.h>