diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.c b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.c
index 853f84398e2b..1168d894d636 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.c
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ struct _ccu_nkm {
 	unsigned long	m, min_m, max_m;
 };
 
+static bool ccu_nkm_is_valid_rate(struct ccu_common *common, unsigned long parent,
+				  unsigned long n, unsigned long m)
+{
+	struct ccu_nkm *nkm = container_of(common, struct ccu_nkm, common);
+
+	if (nkm->max_m_n_ratio && (m > nkm->max_m_n_ratio * n))
+		return false;
+
+	if (nkm->min_parent_m_ratio && (parent < nkm->min_parent_m_ratio * m))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static unsigned long ccu_nkm_find_best_with_parent_adj(struct ccu_common *common,
 						       struct clk_hw *parent_hw,
 						       unsigned long *parent, unsigned long rate,
@@ -31,6 +45,10 @@ static unsigned long ccu_nkm_find_best_with_parent_adj(struct ccu_common *common
 				unsigned long tmp_rate, tmp_parent;
 
 				tmp_parent = clk_hw_round_rate(parent_hw, rate * _m / (_n * _k));
+
+				if (!ccu_nkm_is_valid_rate(common, tmp_parent, _n, _m))
+					continue;
+
 				tmp_rate = tmp_parent * _n * _k / _m;
 
 				if (ccu_is_better_rate(common, rate, tmp_rate, best_rate) ||
@@ -64,6 +82,9 @@ static unsigned long ccu_nkm_find_best(unsigned long parent, unsigned long rate,
 	for (_k = nkm->min_k; _k <= nkm->max_k; _k++) {
 		for (_n = nkm->min_n; _n <= nkm->max_n; _n++) {
 			for (_m = nkm->min_m; _m <= nkm->max_m; _m++) {
+				if (!ccu_nkm_is_valid_rate(common, parent, _n, _m))
+					continue;
+
 				unsigned long tmp_rate;
 
 				tmp_rate = parent * _n * _k / _m;
diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.h b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.h
index 6601defb3f38..c409212ee40e 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.h
+++ b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ struct ccu_nkm {
 	struct ccu_mux_internal	mux;
 
 	unsigned int		fixed_post_div;
+	unsigned long		max_m_n_ratio;
+	unsigned long		min_parent_m_ratio;
 
 	struct ccu_common	common;
 };