diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 337189971d34..076d4244d672 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -1125,8 +1125,10 @@ static int clk_core_round_rate_nolock(struct clk_core *core,
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&prepare_lock);
 
-	if (!core)
+	if (!core) {
+		req->rate = 0;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	clk_core_init_rate_req(core, req);