diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra2_clocks.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra2_clocks.c
index 6442abe0120d..600a5a473ab5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra2_clocks.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra2_clocks.c
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ static int tegra2_pll_clk_set_rate(struct clk *c, unsigned long rate)
 	const struct clk_pll_table *sel;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: %s %lu\n", __func__, c->name, rate);
-	BUG_ON(c->refcnt != 0);
 
 	input_rate = c->parent->rate;
 	for (sel = c->pll_table; sel->input_rate != 0; sel++) {