diff --git a/drivers/clk/qcom/gcc-msm8998.c b/drivers/clk/qcom/gcc-msm8998.c
index c8d4c0348952e359b85c4e698885d744f466b3cb..afea60a3ef4392ef0f00131c6cb9ad3ebcd123b3 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/qcom/gcc-msm8998.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/qcom/gcc-msm8998.c
@@ -2081,6 +2081,12 @@ static struct clk_branch gcc_gpu_cfg_ahb_clk = {
 		.hw.init = &(struct clk_init_data){
 			.name = "gcc_gpu_cfg_ahb_clk",
 			.ops = &clk_branch2_ops,
+			/*
+			 * The GPU IOMMU depends on this clock and hypervisor
+			 * will crash the SoC if this clock goes down, due to
+			 * secure contexts protection.
+			 */
+			.flags = CLK_IS_CRITICAL,
 		},
 	},
 };