diff --git a/board/vscom/baltos/board.c b/board/vscom/baltos/board.c
index 99ca60e2ac16dd085de3b7a5c1cd680fd95be625..09bc8c682a4454bd27ecb5ab886b7d30ab91d09f 100644
--- a/board/vscom/baltos/board.c
+++ b/board/vscom/baltos/board.c
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ void am33xx_spl_board_init(void)
 	 */
 	i2c_set_bus_num(1);
 
+	printf("I2C speed: %d Hz\n", CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED);
+
 	if (i2c_probe(TPS65910_CTRL_I2C_ADDR)) {
 		puts("i2c: cannot access TPS65910\n");
 		return;
diff --git a/include/configs/baltos.h b/include/configs/baltos.h
index 632523e965280ffdfc1464c3a56566ea0ed8ea8d..31de97f2860efb2cf292e43a8156d937bfc1a427 100644
--- a/include/configs/baltos.h
+++ b/include/configs/baltos.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 /* I2C configuration */
 #undef CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED
-#define CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED 10000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED 1000
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x000c0000