diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dispc.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dispc.c
index 8805266a52f411b7a27f431ca7c97b26b897a8ef..1123111d394023f58c3b1e29d876f4d45d5aed77 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dispc.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dispc.c
@@ -2322,6 +2322,11 @@ static int dispc_ovl_calc_scaling(unsigned long pclk, unsigned long lclk,
 	if (width == out_width && height == out_height)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (pclk == 0 || mgr_timings->pixelclock == 0) {
+		DSSERR("cannot calculate scaling settings: pclk is zero\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if ((caps & OMAP_DSS_OVL_CAP_SCALE) == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;