diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9563_dlink_dir-842-c.dtsi b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9563_dlink_dir-842-c.dtsi
index 8071332451e..6b2fb1c4a0c 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9563_dlink_dir-842-c.dtsi
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9563_dlink_dir-842-c.dtsi
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@
 
 &spi {
 	status = "okay";
+
 	num-cs = <1>;
 
 	flash@0 {
 		compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
 		reg = <0>;
-		spi-max-frequency = <30000000>;
+		spi-max-frequency = <50000000>;
 
 		partitions {
 			compatible = "fixed-partitions";