diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
index 1789a6651ec6..0e169ad06fa7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static void mvebu_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port,
 				   struct ktermios *old)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned int baud;
+	unsigned int baud, min_baud, max_baud;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
 
@@ -500,16 +500,21 @@ static void mvebu_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port,
 		port->ignore_status_mask |= STAT_RX_RDY(port) | STAT_BRK_ERR;
 
 	/*
+	 * Maximal divisor is 1023 * 16 when using default (x16) scheme.
 	 * Maximum achievable frequency with simple baudrate divisor is 230400.
 	 * Since the error per bit frame would be of more than 15%, achieving
 	 * higher frequencies would require to implement the fractional divisor
 	 * feature.
 	 */
-	baud = uart_get_baud_rate(port, termios, old, 0, 230400);
+	min_baud = DIV_ROUND_UP(port->uartclk, 1023 * 16);
+	max_baud = 230400;
+
+	baud = uart_get_baud_rate(port, termios, old, min_baud, max_baud);
 	if (mvebu_uart_baud_rate_set(port, baud)) {
 		/* No clock available, baudrate cannot be changed */
 		if (old)
-			baud = uart_get_baud_rate(port, old, NULL, 0, 230400);
+			baud = uart_get_baud_rate(port, old, NULL,
+						  min_baud, max_baud);
 	} else {
 		tty_termios_encode_baud_rate(termios, baud, baud);
 		uart_update_timeout(port, termios->c_cflag, baud);