diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/sh_cmt.c b/drivers/clocksource/sh_cmt.c
index a1d3811..c5f6617 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/sh_cmt.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/sh_cmt.c
@@ -608,11 +608,15 @@
 	p->irqaction.flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_TIMER | IRQF_IRQPOLL;
 
 	/* get hold of clock */
-	p->clk = clk_get(&p->pdev->dev, cfg->clk);
+	p->clk = clk_get(&p->pdev->dev, "cmt_fck");
 	if (IS_ERR(p->clk)) {
-		dev_err(&p->pdev->dev, "cannot get clock\n");
-		ret = PTR_ERR(p->clk);
-		goto err1;
+		dev_warn(&p->pdev->dev, "using deprecated clock lookup\n");
+		p->clk = clk_get(&p->pdev->dev, cfg->clk);
+		if (IS_ERR(p->clk)) {
+			dev_err(&p->pdev->dev, "cannot get clock\n");
+			ret = PTR_ERR(p->clk);
+			goto err1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (resource_size(res) == 6) {