diff --git a/drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c b/drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c
index 8abea669c82c2192e3b3f9d715faf0c02c7edf98..442ce010559bf53197b72c9c52c57b85bfab680d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int __pm_clk_add(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (IS_ERR(ce->clk) || !__clk_get(clk)) {
+		if (IS_ERR(clk) || !__clk_get(clk)) {
 			kfree(ce);
 			return -ENOENT;
 		}