For the clock to be used (e.g. get its rate through clk_get_rate) it should be prepared and enabled first. Also, while the clock is enabled the driver must hold a reference to it, so let's remove the call to clk_put. Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c index b81ed1a..913585d 100644 --- a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c +++ b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c @@ -158,8 +158,13 @@ static void __init gic_clocksource_of_init(struct device_node *node) clk = of_clk_get(node, 0); if (!IS_ERR(clk)) { + if (clk_prepare_enable(clk) < 0) { + pr_err("GIC failed to enable clock\n"); + clk_put(clk); + return; + } + gic_frequency = clk_get_rate(clk); - clk_put(clk); } else if (of_property_read_u32(node, "clock-frequency", &gic_frequency)) { pr_err("GIC frequency not specified.\n"); -- 2.3.3