diff --git a/drivers/clk/clkdev.c b/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
index 043fd36..1fcb6ef 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
@@ -28,34 +28,6 @@
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(clocks_mutex);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF) && defined(CONFIG_COMMON_CLK)
-
-static struct clk *__of_clk_get_by_clkspec(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec,
-					 const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)
-{
-	struct clk *clk;
-
-	if (!clkspec)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-
-	of_clk_lock();
-	clk = __of_clk_get_from_provider(clkspec, dev_id, con_id);
-	of_clk_unlock();
-	return clk;
-}
-
-/**
- * of_clk_get_by_clkspec() - Lookup a clock form 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.
- */
-struct clk *of_clk_get_by_clkspec(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec)
-{
-	return __of_clk_get_by_clkspec(clkspec, NULL, __func__);
-}
-
 static struct clk *__of_clk_get(struct device_node *np, int index,
 			       const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)
 {
@@ -71,7 +43,7 @@
 	if (rc)
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 
-	clk = __of_clk_get_by_clkspec(&clkspec, dev_id, con_id);
+	clk = __of_clk_get_from_provider(&clkspec, dev_id, con_id);
 	of_node_put(clkspec.np);
 
 	return clk;