diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 6e6ee226de04f60dc8511334db8ca48310fd5cff..b0c1521e08a3a30df88871fdfc36b22bbf6ecb4e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2786,8 +2786,15 @@ struct stmmac_priv *stmmac_dvr_probe(struct device *device,
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->stmmac_clk)) {
 		dev_warn(priv->device, "%s: warning: cannot get CSR clock\n",
 			 __func__);
-		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->stmmac_clk);
-		goto error_clk_get;
+		/* If failed to obtain stmmac_clk and specific clk_csr value
+		 * is NOT passed from the platform, probe fail.
+		 */
+		if (!priv->plat->clk_csr) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(priv->stmmac_clk);
+			goto error_clk_get;
+		} else {
+			priv->stmmac_clk = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 	clk_prepare_enable(priv->stmmac_clk);