diff --git a/drivers/clk/sprd/sc9863a-clk.c b/drivers/clk/sprd/sc9863a-clk.c
index a0631f7756cfc6c79aaee2462458d6c82b9cf98f..2e2dfb2d48fff271662129eef32853c1ac6833c8 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/sprd/sc9863a-clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/sprd/sc9863a-clk.c
@@ -1641,8 +1641,9 @@ static SPRD_SC_GATE_CLK_FW_NAME(i2c4_eb,	"i2c4-eb",	"ext-26m", 0x0,
 				0x1000, BIT(12), 0, 0);
 static SPRD_SC_GATE_CLK_FW_NAME(uart0_eb,	"uart0-eb",	"ext-26m", 0x0,
 				0x1000, BIT(13), 0, 0);
+/* uart1_eb is for console, don't gate even if unused */
 static SPRD_SC_GATE_CLK_FW_NAME(uart1_eb,	"uart1-eb",	"ext-26m", 0x0,
-				0x1000, BIT(14), 0, 0);
+				0x1000, BIT(14), CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED, 0);
 static SPRD_SC_GATE_CLK_FW_NAME(uart2_eb,	"uart2-eb",	"ext-26m", 0x0,
 				0x1000, BIT(15), 0, 0);
 static SPRD_SC_GATE_CLK_FW_NAME(uart3_eb,	"uart3-eb",	"ext-26m", 0x0,