diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
index 3f1334f62e7af42b521533b7edb80260d6e3faad..7027cdc1ba4915e4d8e924f58f89c58f948d6f79 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static void __init gpmc_mem_init(void)
 void __init gpmc_init(void)
 {
 	u32 l;
-	char *ck;
+	char *ck = NULL;
 
 	if (cpu_is_omap24xx()) {
 		ck = "core_l3_ck";
@@ -521,6 +521,9 @@ void __init gpmc_init(void)
 		l = OMAP44XX_GPMC_BASE;
 	}
 
+	if (WARN_ON(!ck))
+		return;
+
 	gpmc_l3_clk = clk_get(NULL, ck);
 	if (IS_ERR(gpmc_l3_clk)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Could not get GPMC clock %s\n", ck);