diff --git a/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk-rk3188.c b/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk-rk3188.c
index a83a6d8d0fb6479b4592c672e059fe6e813bac11..732118ed55a5edf464390a59ec7e47fd8d9d7f2d 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk-rk3188.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk-rk3188.c
@@ -599,6 +599,11 @@ static struct rockchip_clk_branch rk3188_clk_branches[] __initdata = {
 	GATE(ACLK_GPS, "aclk_gps", "aclk_peri", 0, RK2928_CLKGATE_CON(8), 13, GFLAGS),
 };
 
+static const char *rk3188_critical_clocks[] __initconst = {
+	"aclk_cpu",
+	"aclk_peri",
+};
+
 static void __init rk3188_common_clk_init(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	void __iomem *reg_base;
@@ -628,6 +633,8 @@ static void __init rk3188_common_clk_init(struct device_node *np)
 				   RK3188_GRF_SOC_STATUS);
 	rockchip_clk_register_branches(common_clk_branches,
 				  ARRAY_SIZE(common_clk_branches));
+	rockchip_clk_protect_critical(rk3188_critical_clocks,
+				      ARRAY_SIZE(rk3188_critical_clocks));
 
 	rockchip_register_softrst(np, 9, reg_base + RK2928_SOFTRST_CON(0),
 				  ROCKCHIP_SOFTRST_HIWORD_MASK);
diff --git a/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk-rk3288.c b/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk-rk3288.c
index 0d8c6c59a75e2b00ce952c63a61eac5658c2e613..038b1aaf8c56ed80157e8d6b92d9c1a472fbb128 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk-rk3288.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk-rk3288.c
@@ -680,6 +680,11 @@ static struct rockchip_clk_branch rk3288_clk_branches[] __initdata = {
 	GATE(0, "pclk_isp_in", "ext_isp", 0, RK3288_CLKGATE_CON(16), 3, GFLAGS),
 };
 
+static const char *rk3288_critical_clocks[] __initconst = {
+	"aclk_cpu",
+	"aclk_peri",
+};
+
 static void __init rk3288_clk_init(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	void __iomem *reg_base;
@@ -710,6 +715,8 @@ static void __init rk3288_clk_init(struct device_node *np)
 				   RK3288_GRF_SOC_STATUS);
 	rockchip_clk_register_branches(rk3288_clk_branches,
 				  ARRAY_SIZE(rk3288_clk_branches));
+	rockchip_clk_protect_critical(rk3288_critical_clocks,
+				      ARRAY_SIZE(rk3288_critical_clocks));
 
 	rockchip_register_softrst(np, 9, reg_base + RK3288_SOFTRST_CON(0),
 				  ROCKCHIP_SOFTRST_HIWORD_MASK);
diff --git a/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk.c b/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk.c
index 5c9abd7bdc6a951a60d7f7fdff37be5049f474ee..d9c6db2151ba4db1b8e214755f9ed001f85fa86b 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk.c
@@ -296,3 +296,16 @@ void __init rockchip_clk_register_branches(
 		rockchip_clk_add_lookup(clk, list->id);
 	}
 }
+
+void __init rockchip_clk_protect_critical(const char *clocks[], int nclocks)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/* Protect the clocks that needs to stay on */
+	for (i = 0; i < nclocks; i++) {
+		struct clk *clk = __clk_lookup(clocks[i]);
+
+		if (clk)
+			clk_prepare_enable(clk);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk.h b/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk.h
index 887cbdeca2aaaa7d86ed9c7cda1000092a16fce1..2b0bca19db47cb6bedd8e7c9810745b91e42ef85 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk.h
+++ b/drivers/clk/rockchip/clk.h
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ void rockchip_clk_register_branches(struct rockchip_clk_branch *clk_list,
 				    unsigned int nr_clk);
 void rockchip_clk_register_plls(struct rockchip_pll_clock *pll_list,
 				unsigned int nr_pll, int grf_lock_offset);
+void rockchip_clk_protect_critical(const char *clocks[], int nclocks);
 
 #define ROCKCHIP_SOFTRST_HIWORD_MASK	BIT(0)