diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-divider.c b/drivers/clk/clk-divider.c
index 6024e60..6d55eb2 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk-divider.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-divider.c
@@ -227,8 +227,12 @@
 	if (divider->lock)
 		spin_lock_irqsave(divider->lock, flags);
 
-	val = readl(divider->reg);
-	val &= ~(div_mask(divider) << divider->shift);
+	if (divider->flags & CLK_DIVIDER_HIWORD_MASK) {
+		val = div_mask(divider) << (divider->shift + 16);
+	} else {
+		val = readl(divider->reg);
+		val &= ~(div_mask(divider) << divider->shift);
+	}
 	val |= value << divider->shift;
 	writel(val, divider->reg);
 
@@ -255,6 +259,13 @@
 	struct clk *clk;
 	struct clk_init_data init;
 
+	if (clk_divider_flags & CLK_DIVIDER_HIWORD_MASK) {
+		if (width + shift > 16) {
+			pr_warn("divider value exceeds LOWORD field\n");
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* allocate the divider */
 	div = kzalloc(sizeof(struct clk_divider), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!div) {