diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 8a1860a36c778aba3b66de996a6cc7ee878cf97e..b56c11f51bafad32bafc7b5b9c7467e7cd16632b 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ static bool clk_core_is_enabled(struct clk_core *core)
 
 	ret = core->ops->is_enabled(core->hw);
 done:
-	clk_pm_runtime_put(core);
+	if (core->dev)
+		pm_runtime_put(core->dev);
 
 	return ret;
 }