diff --git a/arch/arm/src/sam34/sam_twi.c b/arch/arm/src/sam34/sam_twi.c
index a71525b6276..f8c2f7f7caf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/sam34/sam_twi.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/sam34/sam_twi.c
@@ -901,6 +901,7 @@ static void twi_hw_initialize(struct twi_dev_s *priv, unsigned int pid,
 
   /* Set the initial TWI data transfer frequency */
 
+  priv->i2cfreq = 0;
   twi_setfrequency(priv, frequency);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_twi.c b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_twi.c
index 8944de9ed4b..c9b17e11e27 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_twi.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_twi.c
@@ -1200,6 +1200,7 @@ static void twi_hw_initialize(struct twi_dev_s *priv, uint32_t frequency)
 
   /* Set the initial TWI data transfer frequency */
 
+  priv->frequency = 0
   twi_setfrequency(priv, frequency);
 
   /* Enable Interrupts */
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/samv7/sam_twihs.c b/arch/arm/src/samv7/sam_twihs.c
index f11ae78cbb3..fa5a8b2a525 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/samv7/sam_twihs.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/samv7/sam_twihs.c
@@ -1230,6 +1230,7 @@ static void twi_hw_initialize(struct twi_dev_s *priv, uint32_t frequency)
 
   /* Set the initial TWIHS data transfer frequency */
 
+  priv->frequency  = 0;
   twi_setfrequency(priv, frequency);
 
   /* Enable Interrupts */