diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.c
index 180299e4a838c05a2e2ce30afdfdbd49f6cd1524..fc845767e8d4df804e966e8262fc6f8cee6a97bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.c
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
 
 u8 cpu_mask;
 
+/*
+ * clkdm_control: if true, then when a clock is enabled in the
+ * hardware, its clockdomain will first be enabled; and when a clock
+ * is disabled in the hardware, its clockdomain will be disabled
+ * afterwards.
+ */
+static bool clkdm_control = true;
+
 /*
  * OMAP2+ specific clock functions
  */
@@ -99,6 +107,19 @@ void omap2_init_clk_clkdm(struct clk *clk)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * omap2_clk_disable_clkdm_control - disable clkdm control on clk enable/disable
+ *
+ * Prevent the OMAP clock code from calling into the clockdomain code
+ * when a hardware clock in that clockdomain is enabled or disabled.
+ * Intended to be called at init time from omap*_clk_init().  No
+ * return value.
+ */
+void __init omap2_clk_disable_clkdm_control(void)
+{
+	clkdm_control = false;
+}
+
 /**
  * omap2_clk_dflt_find_companion - find companion clock to @clk
  * @clk: struct clk * to find the companion clock of
@@ -268,7 +289,7 @@ void omap2_clk_disable(struct clk *clk)
 		clk->ops->disable(clk);
 	}
 
-	if (clk->clkdm)
+	if (clkdm_control && clk->clkdm)
 		clkdm_clk_disable(clk->clkdm, clk);
 
 	if (clk->parent)
@@ -308,7 +329,7 @@ int omap2_clk_enable(struct clk *clk)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (clk->clkdm) {
+	if (clkdm_control && clk->clkdm) {
 		ret = clkdm_clk_enable(clk->clkdm, clk);
 		if (ret) {
 			WARN(1, "clock: %s: could not enable clockdomain %s: "
@@ -330,7 +351,7 @@ int omap2_clk_enable(struct clk *clk)
 	return 0;
 
 oce_err3:
-	if (clk->clkdm)
+	if (clkdm_control && clk->clkdm)
 		clkdm_clk_disable(clk->clkdm, clk);
 oce_err2:
 	if (clk->parent)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.h
index e10ff2b5484430d9cc083890023dc775c4a42599..48ac568881bd4de531808d092356b440687b9fee 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #ifndef __ARCH_ARM_MACH_OMAP2_CLOCK_H
 #define __ARCH_ARM_MACH_OMAP2_CLOCK_H
 
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+
 #include <plat/clock.h>
 
 /* CM_CLKSEL2_PLL.CORE_CLK_SRC bits (2XXX) */
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ void omap2_clk_disable_unused(struct clk *clk);
 #endif
 
 void omap2_init_clk_clkdm(struct clk *clk);
+void __init omap2_clk_disable_clkdm_control(void);
 
 /* clkt_clksel.c public functions */
 u32 omap2_clksel_round_rate_div(struct clk *clk, unsigned long target_rate,