diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index 3195dbd3ec34..44e91e598f8d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtc_irq_unregister);
 static int rtc_update_hrtimer(struct rtc_device *rtc, int enabled)
 {
 	/*
-	 * We unconditionally cancel the timer here, because otherwise
+	 * We always cancel the timer here first, because otherwise
 	 * we could run into BUG_ON(timer->state != HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK);
 	 * when we manage to start the timer before the callback
 	 * returns HRTIMER_RESTART.
@@ -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 || freq > 5000)
+	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>