diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
index dbb7642..7538864 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 			request->tcode & 0x1f,
 			device->node->node_id,
 			request->generation,
-			device->node->max_speed,
+			device->max_speed,
 			request->offset,
 			response->response.data, request->length,
 			complete_transaction, response);
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
index c1ce465..2b65863 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
@@ -401,8 +401,7 @@
 
 	offset = 0xfffff0000400ULL + index * 4;
 	fw_send_request(device->card, &t, TCODE_READ_QUADLET_REQUEST,
-			device->node_id,
-			device->generation, SCODE_100,
+			device->node_id, device->generation, device->max_speed,
 			offset, NULL, 4, complete_transaction, &callback_data);
 
 	wait_for_completion(&callback_data.done);
@@ -418,6 +417,8 @@
 	u32 stack[16], sp, key;
 	int i, end, length;
 
+	device->max_speed = SCODE_100;
+
 	/* First read the bus info block. */
 	for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
 		if (read_rom(device, i, &rom[i]) != RCODE_COMPLETE)
@@ -434,6 +435,33 @@
 			return -1;
 	}
 
+	device->max_speed = device->node->max_speed;
+
+	/*
+	 * Determine the speed of
+	 *   - devices with link speed less than PHY speed,
+	 *   - devices with 1394b PHY (unless only connected to 1394a PHYs),
+	 *   - all devices if there are 1394b repeaters.
+	 * Note, we cannot use the bus info block's link_spd as starting point
+	 * because some buggy firmwares set it lower than necessary and because
+	 * 1394-1995 nodes do not have the field.
+	 */
+	if ((rom[2] & 0x7) < device->max_speed ||
+	    device->max_speed == SCODE_BETA ||
+	    device->card->beta_repeaters_present) {
+		u32 dummy;
+
+		/* for S1600 and S3200 */
+		if (device->max_speed == SCODE_BETA)
+			device->max_speed = device->card->link_speed;
+
+		while (device->max_speed > SCODE_100) {
+			if (read_rom(device, 0, &dummy) == RCODE_COMPLETE)
+				break;
+			device->max_speed--;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Now parse the config rom.  The config rom is a recursive
 	 * directory structure so we parse it using a stack of
@@ -680,8 +708,10 @@
 		    FW_DEVICE_RUNNING) == FW_DEVICE_SHUTDOWN)
 		fw_device_shutdown(&device->work.work);
 	else
-		fw_notify("created new fw device %s (%d config rom retries)\n",
-			  device->device.bus_id, device->config_rom_retries);
+		fw_notify("created new fw device %s "
+			  "(%d config rom retries, S%d00)\n",
+			  device->device.bus_id, device->config_rom_retries,
+			  1 << device->max_speed);
 
 	/*
 	 * Reschedule the IRM work if we just finished reading the
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h
index af1723e..d13e6a6 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 	struct fw_node *node;
 	int node_id;
 	int generation;
+	unsigned max_speed;
 	struct fw_card *card;
 	struct device device;
 	struct list_head link;
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
index 16e942f..851c2da 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
@@ -346,8 +346,7 @@
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device->card->lock, flags);
 
 	fw_send_request(device->card, &orb->t, TCODE_WRITE_BLOCK_REQUEST,
-			node_id, generation,
-			device->node->max_speed, offset,
+			node_id, generation, device->max_speed, offset,
 			&orb->pointer, sizeof(orb->pointer),
 			complete_transaction, orb);
 }
@@ -1018,8 +1017,8 @@
 	 * if we set this to max_speed + 7, we get the right value.
 	 */
 	orb->request.misc =
-		COMMAND_ORB_MAX_PAYLOAD(device->node->max_speed + 7) |
-		COMMAND_ORB_SPEED(device->node->max_speed) |
+		COMMAND_ORB_MAX_PAYLOAD(device->max_speed + 7) |
+		COMMAND_ORB_SPEED(device->max_speed) |
 		COMMAND_ORB_NOTIFY;
 
 	if (cmd->sc_data_direction == DMA_FROM_DEVICE)
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.h b/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.h
index aced9f7..da61ec0 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.h
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.h
@@ -29,19 +29,18 @@
 
 struct fw_port {
 	struct fw_node *node;
-	unsigned speed : 3; /* S100, S200, ... S3200 */
 };
 
 struct fw_node {
 	u16 node_id;
 	u8 color;
 	u8 port_count;
-	unsigned link_on : 1;
-	unsigned initiated_reset : 1;
-	unsigned b_path : 1;
-	u8 phy_speed : 3; /* As in the self ID packet. */
-	u8 max_speed : 5; /* Minimum of all phy-speeds and port speeds on
-			   * the path from the local node to this node. */
+	u8 link_on : 1;
+	u8 initiated_reset : 1;
+	u8 b_path : 1;
+	u8 phy_speed : 2; /* As in the self ID packet. */
+	u8 max_speed : 2; /* Minimum of all phy-speeds on the path from the
+			   * local node to this node. */
 	u8 max_depth : 4; /* Maximum depth to any leaf node */
 	u8 max_hops : 4;  /* Max hops in this sub tree */
 	atomic_t ref_count;