1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index b6bf57f25cc9..601b053bc0e5 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ int rtc_irq_set_freq(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_task *task, int freq)
         int err = 0;
         unsigned long flags;
 
-        if (freq <= 0)
+        if (freq <= 0 || freq > 5000)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc->irq_task_lock, flags);