diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/sun4i_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/sun4i_timer.c
index b581c93f20b3a2bedc07f33649c556637d40f3e9..8e9c6513645102603a1248d34023c9f57841dedb 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/sun4i_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/sun4i_timer.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static void __init sun4i_timer_init(struct device_node *node)
 	clk = of_clk_get(node, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(clk))
 		panic("Can't get timer clock");
+	clk_prepare_enable(clk);
 
 	rate = clk_get_rate(clk);