diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-platform.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-platform.c
index 389512e2abd6..7b746e7bf7a1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-platform.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-platform.c
@@ -490,8 +490,15 @@ int __init octeon_prune_device_tree(void)
 
 		if (alias_prop) {
 			uart = fdt_path_offset(initial_boot_params, alias_prop);
-			if (uart_mask & (1 << i))
+			if (uart_mask & (1 << i)) {
+				__be32 f;
+
+				f = cpu_to_be32(octeon_get_io_clock_rate());
+				fdt_setprop_inplace(initial_boot_params,
+						    uart, "clock-frequency",
+						    &f, sizeof(f));
 				continue;
+			}
 			pr_debug("Deleting uart%d\n", i);
 			fdt_nop_node(initial_boot_params, uart);
 			fdt_nop_property(initial_boot_params, aliases,