diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 77774a8c701b..4f228d0a201c 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -3828,8 +3828,9 @@ struct clk *clk_hw_create_clk(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw,
 struct clk *clk_hw_get_clk(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *con_id)
 {
 	struct device *dev = hw->core->dev;
+	const char *name = dev ? dev_name(dev) : NULL;
 
-	return clk_hw_create_clk(dev, hw, dev_name(dev), con_id);
+	return clk_hw_create_clk(dev, hw, name, con_id);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_hw_get_clk);