diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sccnxp.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sccnxp.c
index fcf803ffad1931c45ee297d862209f3b09ae76d2..cdd2f942317c59fe4ec04c022a004d871f551fde 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sccnxp.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sccnxp.c
@@ -884,14 +884,19 @@ static int sccnxp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(clk) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
-			ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(clk);
+		if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 			goto err_out;
-		}
+		uartclk = 0;
+	} else {
+		clk_prepare_enable(clk);
+		uartclk = clk_get_rate(clk);
+	}
+
+	if (!uartclk) {
 		dev_notice(&pdev->dev, "Using default clock frequency\n");
 		uartclk = s->chip->freq_std;
-	} else
-		uartclk = clk_get_rate(clk);
+	}
 
 	/* Check input frequency */
 	if ((uartclk < s->chip->freq_min) || (uartclk > s->chip->freq_max)) {