diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index a7e5dd59e19dc544bdbb6d442c7d40d4eafa90c7..687b00d67c8a77a88ad4e135605c1ed11a319efb 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ int clk_set_rate(struct clk *clk, unsigned long rate)
 	if (rate == clk->rate)
 		goto out;
 
-	if ((clk->flags & CLK_SET_RATE_GATE) && __clk_is_enabled(clk)) {
+	if ((clk->flags & CLK_SET_RATE_GATE) && clk->prepare_count) {
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 		goto out;
 	}