diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c
index a3f9dd5..705240e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c
@@ -611,14 +611,7 @@
 	vt8500_port->uart.dev = &pdev->dev;
 	vt8500_port->uart.flags = UPF_IOREMAP | UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF;
 
-	vt8500_port->clk = of_clk_get(pdev->dev.of_node, 0);
-	if (!IS_ERR(vt8500_port->clk)) {
-		vt8500_port->uart.uartclk = clk_get_rate(vt8500_port->clk);
-	} else {
-		/* use the default of 24Mhz if not specified and warn */
-		pr_warn("%s: serial clock source not specified\n", __func__);
-		vt8500_port->uart.uartclk = 24000000;
-	}
+	vt8500_port->uart.uartclk = clk_get_rate(vt8500_port->clk);
 
 	snprintf(vt8500_port->name, sizeof(vt8500_port->name),
 		 "VT8500 UART%d", pdev->id);