diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
index b4e6634..305faf53 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 	char *parent_name = NULL;
-	struct clk *fclk, *parent;
+	struct clk *parent;
 	struct dmtimer_platform_data *pdata;
 
 	if (unlikely(!timer))
@@ -467,11 +467,8 @@
 	if (pdata && pdata->set_timer_src)
 		return pdata->set_timer_src(timer->pdev, source);
 
-	fclk = clk_get(&timer->pdev->dev, "fck");
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fclk)) {
-		pr_err("%s: fck not found\n", __func__);
+	if (!timer->fclk)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	switch (source) {
 	case OMAP_TIMER_SRC_SYS_CLK:
@@ -490,18 +487,15 @@
 	parent = clk_get(&timer->pdev->dev, parent_name);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(parent)) {
 		pr_err("%s: %s not found\n", __func__, parent_name);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ret = clk_set_parent(fclk, parent);
+	ret = clk_set_parent(timer->fclk, parent);
 	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(ret))
 		pr_err("%s: failed to set %s as parent\n", __func__,
 			parent_name);
 
 	clk_put(parent);
-out:
-	clk_put(fclk);
 
 	return ret;
 }