diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 776d76b8cb695ff052f310d9f50a737209e96f1b..dc461637e7782bdac3965895c766ed8d1e8f7753 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ config ARCH_MXS
 	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
+	select HAVE_CLK_PREPARE
 	help
 	  Support for Freescale MXS-based family of processors
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/clock.c
index 755eec0b5a8959d8bb9327e2eaaef7cbf76a6020..97a6f4acc6ccbcafec706f2761f3b40e3499cf2b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/clock.c
@@ -74,10 +74,15 @@ static int __clk_enable(struct clk *clk)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* This function increments the reference count on the clock and enables the
- * clock if not already enabled. The parent clock tree is recursively enabled
+/*
+ * The clk_enable/clk_disable could be called by drivers in atomic context,
+ * so they should not really hold mutex.  Instead, clk_prepare/clk_unprepare
+ * can hold a mutex, as the pair will only be called in non-atomic context.
+ * Before migrating to common clk framework, we can have __clk_enable and
+ * __clk_disable called in clk_prepare/clk_unprepare with mutex held and
+ * leave clk_enable/clk_disable as the dummy functions.
  */
-int clk_enable(struct clk *clk)
+int clk_prepare(struct clk *clk)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -90,13 +95,9 @@ int clk_enable(struct clk *clk)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_enable);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_prepare);
 
-/* This function decrements the reference count on the clock and disables
- * the clock when reference count is 0. The parent clock tree is
- * recursively disabled
- */
-void clk_disable(struct clk *clk)
+void clk_unprepare(struct clk *clk)
 {
 	if (clk == NULL || IS_ERR(clk))
 		return;
@@ -105,6 +106,18 @@ void clk_disable(struct clk *clk)
 	__clk_disable(clk);
 	mutex_unlock(&clocks_mutex);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_unprepare);
+
+int clk_enable(struct clk *clk)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_enable);
+
+void clk_disable(struct clk *clk)
+{
+	/* nothing to do */
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_disable);
 
 /* Retrieve the *current* clock rate. If the clock itself