diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
index 676ea458148b8e87631c317b0356a381ccc04e31..1f3f981fe7f8182b4b4b1707aa4d5f439e556fe6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ static int xhci_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		ret = clk_prepare_enable(clk);
 		if (ret)
 			goto put_hcd;
+	} else if (PTR_ERR(clk) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		goto put_hcd;
 	}
 
 	xhci = hcd_to_xhci(hcd);