*             - freq_out    = sysclk * sysclk_divs
  *             - 10 * sysclk = bclk * bclk_divs
  *
+ *     If we cannot find an exact match for (sysclk, lrclk, bclk)
+ *     triplet, we relax the bclk such that bclk is chosen as the
+ *     closest available frequency greater than expected bclk.
+ *
  * @codec: codec structure
  * @freq_in: input frequency used to derive freq out via PLL
  * @sysclk_idx: sysclk_divs index for found sysclk
 {
        struct wm8960_priv *wm8960 = snd_soc_codec_get_drvdata(codec);
        int sysclk, bclk, lrclk, freq_out;
-       int diff;
+       int diff, closest, best_freq_out;
        int i, j, k;
 
        bclk = wm8960->bclk;
        lrclk = wm8960->lrclk;
+       closest = freq_in;
 
+       best_freq_out = -EINVAL;
        *sysclk_idx = *dac_idx = *bclk_idx = -1;
 
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sysclk_divs); ++i) {
                                        *bclk_idx = k;
                                        return freq_out;
                                }
+                               if (diff > 0 && closest > diff) {
+                                       *sysclk_idx = i;
+                                       *dac_idx = j;
+                                       *bclk_idx = k;
+                                       closest = diff;
+                                       best_freq_out = freq_out;
+                               }
                        }
                }
        }
-       return -EINVAL;
+
+       return best_freq_out;
 }
 static int wm8960_configure_clocking(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 {