diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-conf.c b/drivers/clk/clk-conf.c
index 43a218f35b19..60ebfd9d020f 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk-conf.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-conf.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
+#include "clk.h"
 
 static int __set_clk_parents(struct device_node *node, bool clk_supplier)
 {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ static int __set_clk_parents(struct device_node *node, bool clk_supplier)
 		}
 		if (clkspec.np == node && !clk_supplier)
 			return 0;
-		pclk = of_clk_get_from_provider(&clkspec);
+		pclk = of_clk_get_from_provider_with_orphans(&clkspec);
 		if (IS_ERR(pclk)) {
 			pr_warn("clk: couldn't get parent clock %d for %s\n",
 				index, node->full_name);
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ static int __set_clk_parents(struct device_node *node, bool clk_supplier)
 			rc = 0;
 			goto err;
 		}
-		clk = of_clk_get_from_provider(&clkspec);
+		clk = of_clk_get_from_provider_with_orphans(&clkspec);
 		if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
 			pr_warn("clk: couldn't get parent clock %d for %s\n",
 				index, node->full_name);
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index ba7d8e3e3db5..f66b24e9e18e 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -2515,15 +2515,11 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-struct clk *__clk_create_clk(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *dev_id,
-			     const char *con_id)
+static struct clk *clk_hw_create_clk(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *dev_id,
+				     const char *con_id)
 {
 	struct clk *clk;
 
-	/* This is to allow this function to be chained to others */
-	if (!hw || IS_ERR(hw))
-		return (struct clk *) hw;
-
 	clk = kzalloc(sizeof(*clk), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!clk)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -2540,6 +2536,19 @@ struct clk *__clk_create_clk(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *dev_id,
 	return clk;
 }
 
+struct clk *__clk_create_clk(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *dev_id,
+			     const char *con_id, bool with_orphans)
+{
+	/* This is to allow this function to be chained to others */
+	if (!hw || IS_ERR(hw))
+		return (struct clk *) hw;
+
+	if (hw->core->orphan && !with_orphans)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+
+	return clk_hw_create_clk(hw, dev_id, con_id);
+}
+
 void __clk_free_clk(struct clk *clk)
 {
 	clk_prepare_lock();
@@ -2608,7 +2617,7 @@ struct clk *clk_register(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw)
 
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&core->clks);
 
-	hw->clk = __clk_create_clk(hw, NULL, NULL);
+	hw->clk = clk_hw_create_clk(hw, NULL, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(hw->clk)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(hw->clk);
 		goto fail_parent_names_copy;
@@ -3046,7 +3055,8 @@ void of_clk_del_provider(struct device_node *np)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_clk_del_provider);
 
 struct clk *__of_clk_get_from_provider(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec,
-				       const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)
+				       const char *dev_id, const char *con_id,
+				       bool with_orphans)
 {
 	struct of_clk_provider *provider;
 	struct clk *clk = ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
@@ -3061,7 +3071,7 @@ struct clk *__of_clk_get_from_provider(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec,
 			clk = provider->get(clkspec, provider->data);
 		if (!IS_ERR(clk)) {
 			clk = __clk_create_clk(__clk_get_hw(clk), dev_id,
-					       con_id);
+					       con_id, with_orphans);
 
 			if (!IS_ERR(clk) && !__clk_get(clk)) {
 				__clk_free_clk(clk);
@@ -3086,7 +3096,25 @@ struct clk *__of_clk_get_from_provider(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec,
  */
 struct clk *of_clk_get_from_provider(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec)
 {
-	return __of_clk_get_from_provider(clkspec, NULL, __func__);
+	return __of_clk_get_from_provider(clkspec, NULL, __func__, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * of_clk_get_from_provider_with_orphans() - Lookup clock from a clock provider
+ * @clkspec: pointer to a clock specifier data structure
+ *
+ * This function looks up a struct clk from the registered list of clock
+ * providers, an input is a clock specifier data structure as returned
+ * from the of_parse_phandle_with_args() function call.
+ *
+ * The difference to of_clk_get_from_provider() is that this function will
+ * also successfully lookup orphan-clocks, as it in some cases may be
+ * necessary to access such orphan-clocks as well.
+ */
+struct clk *
+of_clk_get_from_provider_with_orphans(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec)
+{
+	return __of_clk_get_from_provider(clkspec, NULL, __func__, true);
 }
 
 int of_clk_get_parent_count(struct device_node *np)
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.h b/drivers/clk/clk.h
index 00b35a13cdf3..5a70f09f333b 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.h
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.h
@@ -13,17 +13,21 @@ struct clk_hw;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF) && defined(CONFIG_COMMON_CLK)
 struct clk *__of_clk_get_from_provider(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec,
-				       const char *dev_id, const char *con_id);
+				       const char *dev_id, const char *con_id,
+				       bool with_orphans);
+struct clk *
+of_clk_get_from_provider_with_orphans(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMMON_CLK
 struct clk *__clk_create_clk(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *dev_id,
-			     const char *con_id);
+			     const char *con_id, bool with_orphans);
 void __clk_free_clk(struct clk *clk);
 #else
 /* All these casts to avoid ifdefs in clkdev... */
 static inline struct clk *
-__clk_create_clk(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)
+__clk_create_clk(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *dev_id, const char *con_id,
+		 bool with_orphans)
 {
 	return (struct clk *)hw;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clkdev.c b/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
index 779b6ff0c7ad..a7e8bbe53868 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static struct clk *__of_clk_get(struct device_node *np, int index,
 	if (rc)
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 
-	clk = __of_clk_get_from_provider(&clkspec, dev_id, con_id);
+	clk = __of_clk_get_from_provider(&clkspec, dev_id, con_id, true);
 	of_node_put(clkspec.np);
 
 	return clk;
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ struct clk *clk_get_sys(const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)
 	if (!cl)
 		goto out;
 
-	clk = __clk_create_clk(cl->clk_hw, dev_id, con_id);
+	clk = __clk_create_clk(cl->clk_hw, dev_id, con_id, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(clk))
 		goto out;