On i.MX8MQ platform, clock driver uses platform driver model and it is probed after GPIO driver, so when GPIO driver fails to get clock, it should check the error type to decide whether to return defer probe or just ignore the clock operation. Fixes: 2808801aab8a ("gpio: mxc: add clock operation") Signed-off-by: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c index 2d1dfa1..e86e61d 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c @@ -438,8 +438,11 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) /* the controller clock is optional */ port->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL); - if (IS_ERR(port->clk)) + if (IS_ERR(port->clk)) { + if (PTR_ERR(port->clk) == -EPROBE_DEFER) + return -EPROBE_DEFER; port->clk = NULL; + } err = clk_prepare_enable(port->clk); if (err) { -- 2.7.4