diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.c
index 40cb65ba1fac06154870fe1d92f0aeb974c9754b..f49bce997a0b7ffd9c0fc9194057a7759c08d029 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.c
@@ -807,9 +807,6 @@ int omap2_clk_set_parent(struct clk *clk, struct clk *new_parent)
 	if (!parent_div)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (clk->usecount > 0)
-		_omap2_clk_disable(clk);
-
 	/* Set new source value (previous dividers if any in effect) */
 	v = __raw_readl(clk->clksel_reg);
 	v &= ~clk->clksel_mask;
@@ -819,9 +816,6 @@ int omap2_clk_set_parent(struct clk *clk, struct clk *new_parent)
 
 	_omap2xxx_clk_commit(clk);
 
-	if (clk->usecount > 0)
-		_omap2_clk_enable(clk);
-
 	clk_reparent(clk, new_parent);
 
 	/* CLKSEL clocks follow their parents' rates, divided by a divisor */
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/clock.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/clock.c
index 08baa18497b2edc0dc2d588226d3d6d7a3cb551f..2e0614552ac89c2d014959d596e43c81f1c62d26 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/clock.c
@@ -144,13 +144,16 @@ int clk_set_parent(struct clk *clk, struct clk *parent)
 		return ret;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&clockfw_lock, flags);
-	if (arch_clock->clk_set_parent)
-		ret = arch_clock->clk_set_parent(clk, parent);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		if (clk->recalc)
-			clk->rate = clk->recalc(clk);
-		propagate_rate(clk);
-	}
+	if (clk->usecount == 0) {
+		if (arch_clock->clk_set_parent)
+			ret = arch_clock->clk_set_parent(clk, parent);
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			if (clk->recalc)
+				clk->rate = clk->recalc(clk);
+			propagate_rate(clk);
+		}
+	} else
+		ret = -EBUSY;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&clockfw_lock, flags);
 
 	return ret;