1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpc32xx.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpc32xx.c
index adb87f0c1633..c9b2eb5932b1 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpc32xx.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpc32xx.c
@@ -49,9 +49,24 @@ static int lpc32xx_pwm_config(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
                 c = 0; /* 0 set division by 256 */
         period_cycles = c;
 
+        /* The duty-cycle value is as follows:
+         *
+         *  DUTY-CYCLE     HIGH LEVEL
+         *      1            99.9%
+         *      25           90.0%
+         *      128          50.0%
+         *      220          10.0%
+         *      255           0.1%
+         *      0             0.0%
+         *
+         * In other words, the register value is duty-cycle % 256 with
+         * duty-cycle in the range 1-256.
+         */
         c = 256 * duty_ns;
         do_div(c, period_ns);
-        duty_cycles = c;
+        if (c > 255)
+                c = 255;
+        duty_cycles = 256 - c;
 
         writel(PWM_ENABLE | PWM_RELOADV(period_cycles) | PWM_DUTY(duty_cycles),
                 lpc32xx->base + (pwm->hwpwm << 2));