diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 7cf2c093cc54f28dbebd9482e43233a49daf02e3..453cf3d210d2556b41c93d89e89bde7a4968f7b8 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -1716,9 +1716,6 @@ int clk_set_parent(struct clk *clk, struct clk *parent)
 	if (!clk)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!clk->ops)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/* verify ops for for multi-parent clks */
 	if ((clk->num_parents > 1) && (!clk->ops->set_parent))
 		return -ENOSYS;