diff --git a/linux_spi.c b/linux_spi.c
index d12fceb..135af9f 100644
--- a/linux_spi.c
+++ b/linux_spi.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 	p = extract_programmer_param("spispeed");
 	if (p && strlen(p)) {
-		speed = (uint32_t)strtoul(p, &endp, 10) * 1024;
+		speed = (uint32_t)strtoul(p, &endp, 10) * 1000;
 		if (p == endp) {
 			msg_perr("%s: invalid clock: %s kHz\n", __func__, p);
 			free(p);