diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c
index df351519a3a6..847ca16b9841 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c
@@ -608,10 +608,6 @@ static const int bclk_divs[] = {
  *		- lrclk      = sysclk / dac_divs
  *		- 10 * bclk  = sysclk / 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.
- *
  * @wm8960: codec private data
  * @mclk: MCLK used to derive sysclk
  * @sysclk_idx: sysclk_divs index for found sysclk
@@ -629,7 +625,7 @@ int wm8960_configure_sysclk(struct wm8960_priv *wm8960, int mclk,
 {
 	int sysclk, bclk, lrclk;
 	int i, j, k;
-	int diff, closest = mclk;
+	int diff;
 
 	/* marker for no match */
 	*bclk_idx = -1;
@@ -653,12 +649,6 @@ int wm8960_configure_sysclk(struct wm8960_priv *wm8960, int mclk,
 					*bclk_idx = k;
 					break;
 				}
-				if (diff > 0 && closest > diff) {
-					*sysclk_idx = i;
-					*dac_idx = j;
-					*bclk_idx = k;
-					closest = diff;
-				}
 			}
 			if (k != ARRAY_SIZE(bclk_divs))
 				break;