diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.c
index 0bb7406bdbb8839b564643a482b79589b1c3f43a..5f6eea801b064a37949b3cc66bf9ca5f2dde3431 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.c
@@ -697,11 +697,15 @@ static int dss_get_clocks(void)
 
 	dss.dss_clk = clk;
 
-	clk = clk_get(NULL, dss.feat->clk_name);
-	if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
-		DSSERR("Failed to get %s\n", dss.feat->clk_name);
-		r = PTR_ERR(clk);
-		goto err;
+	if (dss.feat->clk_name) {
+		clk = clk_get(NULL, dss.feat->clk_name);
+		if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
+			DSSERR("Failed to get %s\n", dss.feat->clk_name);
+			r = PTR_ERR(clk);
+			goto err;
+		}
+	} else {
+		clk = NULL;
 	}
 
 	dss.dpll4_m4_ck = clk;