diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 705156828a7a1f6a6edd3e1f89e22e344a0db340..7873151a7ff8382e741a616df8f940e6590ab9eb 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -3054,8 +3054,6 @@ struct clock_provider {
 	struct list_head node;
 };
 
-static LIST_HEAD(clk_provider_list);
-
 /*
  * This function looks for a parent clock. If there is one, then it
  * checks that the provider for this parent clock was initialized, in
@@ -3106,6 +3104,7 @@ void __init of_clk_init(const struct of_device_id *matches)
 	struct clock_provider *clk_provider, *next;
 	bool is_init_done;
 	bool force = false;
+	LIST_HEAD(clk_provider_list);
 
 	if (!matches)
 		matches = &__clk_of_table;