diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c
index f01595593ce2..425e8b82533b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
 #define AD7192_GPOCON_P1DAT	BIT(1) /* P1 state */
 #define AD7192_GPOCON_P0DAT	BIT(0) /* P0 state */
 
+#define AD7192_EXT_FREQ_MHZ_MIN	2457600
+#define AD7192_EXT_FREQ_MHZ_MAX	5120000
 #define AD7192_INT_FREQ_MHZ	4915200
 
 /* NOTE:
@@ -218,6 +220,12 @@ static int ad7192_calibrate_all(struct ad7192_state *st)
 				ARRAY_SIZE(ad7192_calib_arr));
 }
 
+static inline bool ad7192_valid_external_frequency(u32 freq)
+{
+	return (freq >= AD7192_EXT_FREQ_MHZ_MIN &&
+		freq <= AD7192_EXT_FREQ_MHZ_MAX);
+}
+
 static int ad7192_setup(struct ad7192_state *st,
 			const struct ad7192_platform_data *pdata)
 {
@@ -243,17 +251,20 @@ static int ad7192_setup(struct ad7192_state *st,
 			 id);
 
 	switch (pdata->clock_source_sel) {
-	case AD7192_CLK_EXT_MCLK1_2:
-	case AD7192_CLK_EXT_MCLK2:
-		st->mclk = AD7192_INT_FREQ_MHZ;
-		break;
 	case AD7192_CLK_INT:
 	case AD7192_CLK_INT_CO:
-		if (pdata->ext_clk_hz)
-			st->mclk = pdata->ext_clk_hz;
-		else
-			st->mclk = AD7192_INT_FREQ_MHZ;
+		st->mclk = AD7192_INT_FREQ_MHZ;
 		break;
+	case AD7192_CLK_EXT_MCLK1_2:
+	case AD7192_CLK_EXT_MCLK2:
+		if (ad7192_valid_external_frequency(pdata->ext_clk_hz)) {
+			st->mclk = pdata->ext_clk_hz;
+			break;
+		}
+		dev_err(&st->sd.spi->dev, "Invalid frequency setting %u\n",
+			pdata->ext_clk_hz);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;