diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c
index bfbe33a9492d0a619896d5992ec6128e43c9de75..b4fb899a94096c6c7b6ed8a75e6897a3d63cd062 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c
@@ -920,6 +920,10 @@ v3d_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	mutex_init(&v3d->clk_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&v3d->clk_down_work, v3d_clock_down_work);
 
+	/* kick the clock so firmware knows we are using firmware clock interface */
+	v3d_clock_up_get(v3d);
+	v3d_clock_up_put(v3d);
+
 	/* Note: We don't allocate address 0.  Various bits of HW
 	 * treat 0 as special, such as the occlusion query counters
 	 * where 0 means "disabled".