diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-jz4780.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-jz4780.c
index 597408fc6834fce711b89c26634ece928dfe9ad5..f325663c27c532645a1901a385ac6d52543e5ba5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-jz4780.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-jz4780.c
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static int jz4780_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "clock-frequency",
 				   &clk_freq);
-	if (ret || clk_freq == 0) {
+	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "clock-frequency not specified in DT");
 		goto err;
 	}