diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu-sun5i.c b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu-sun5i.c
index 5372bf8be5e6..31d7ffda9aab 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu-sun5i.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu-sun5i.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static struct ccu_mux cpu_clk = {
 		.hw.init	= CLK_HW_INIT_PARENTS("cpu",
 						      cpu_parents,
 						      &ccu_mux_ops,
-						      CLK_IS_CRITICAL),
+						      CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT | CLK_IS_CRITICAL),
 	}
 };