diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 6060410d2b9e75894fbec0c9f75f1c21ad6dd710..ce6d7e791f3ff574796b3e4fef770ce824bf04b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1711,6 +1711,10 @@ static int stmmac_hw_setup(struct net_device *dev, bool init_ptp)
 	stmmac_mmc_setup(priv);
 
 	if (init_ptp) {
+		ret = clk_prepare_enable(priv->plat->clk_ptp_ref);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			netdev_warn(priv->dev, "failed to enable PTP reference clock: %d\n", ret);
+
 		ret = stmmac_init_ptp(priv);
 		if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			netdev_warn(priv->dev, "PTP not supported by HW\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index f2d94eafeb0abeab4bb04eb50925cb3c0ffde2d7..fe49c3105755b1b90b7e18b853eeec1bdedbf1f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, const char **mac)
 		plat->clk_ptp_ref = NULL;
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "PTP uses main clock\n");
 	} else {
-		clk_prepare_enable(plat->clk_ptp_ref);
 		plat->clk_ptp_rate = clk_get_rate(plat->clk_ptp_ref);
 		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "PTP rate %d\n", plat->clk_ptp_rate);
 	}