diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c
index e9d019cc8f46befa63bf382abbf9a53cc698b68b..1d873d15b545c26a97eefdf15d92d437ff2e1701 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c
@@ -319,6 +319,16 @@ static struct clk emac_clk = {
 	.gpsc		= 1,
 };
 
+/*
+ * In order to avoid adding the emac_clk to the clock lookup table twice (and
+ * screwing up the linked list in the process) create a separate clock for
+ * mdio inheriting the rate from emac_clk.
+ */
+static struct clk mdio_clk = {
+	.name		= "mdio",
+	.parent		= &emac_clk,
+};
+
 static struct clk mcasp_clk = {
 	.name		= "mcasp",
 	.parent		= &async3_clk,
@@ -539,7 +549,7 @@ static struct clk_lookup da850_clks[] = {
 	CLK(NULL,		"arm",		&arm_clk),
 	CLK(NULL,		"rmii",		&rmii_clk),
 	CLK("davinci_emac.1",	NULL,		&emac_clk),
-	CLK("davinci_mdio.0",	"fck",		&emac_clk),
+	CLK("davinci_mdio.0",	"fck",		&mdio_clk),
 	CLK("davinci-mcasp.0",	NULL,		&mcasp_clk),
 	CLK("davinci-mcbsp.0",	NULL,		&mcbsp0_clk),
 	CLK("davinci-mcbsp.1",	NULL,		&mcbsp1_clk),