diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 43e2c3ad6c3111ae6d0a83f027b75344c087f5f2..0ebcf449778abc18e9956733ebb55db2e5dc77f9 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,8 @@ static int __clk_init(struct device *dev, struct clk *clk_user)
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(orphan, tmp2, &clk_orphan_list, child_node) {
 		if (orphan->num_parents && orphan->ops->get_parent) {
 			i = orphan->ops->get_parent(orphan->hw);
-			if (!strcmp(core->name, orphan->parent_names[i]))
+			if (i >= 0 && i < orphan->num_parents &&
+			    !strcmp(core->name, orphan->parent_names[i]))
 				clk_core_reparent(orphan, core);
 			continue;
 		}