diff --git a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.c b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.c
index 0d2271952555..25903ed850c8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.c
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ int tegra_asoc_utils_set_rate(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data, int srate,
 	data->set_mclk = 0;
 
 	clk_disable_unprepare(data->clk_cdev1);
-	clk_disable_unprepare(data->clk_pll_a_out0);
-	clk_disable_unprepare(data->clk_pll_a);
 
 	err = clk_set_rate(data->clk_pll_a, new_baseclock);
 	if (err) {
@@ -77,18 +75,6 @@ int tegra_asoc_utils_set_rate(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data, int srate,
 
 	/* Don't set cdev1/extern1 rate; it's locked to pll_a_out0 */
 
-	err = clk_prepare_enable(data->clk_pll_a);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(data->dev, "Can't enable pll_a: %d\n", err);
-		return err;
-	}
-
-	err = clk_prepare_enable(data->clk_pll_a_out0);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(data->dev, "Can't enable pll_a_out0: %d\n", err);
-		return err;
-	}
-
 	err = clk_prepare_enable(data->clk_cdev1);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(data->dev, "Can't enable cdev1: %d\n", err);
@@ -109,8 +95,6 @@ int tegra_asoc_utils_set_ac97_rate(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data)
 	int err;
 
 	clk_disable_unprepare(data->clk_cdev1);
-	clk_disable_unprepare(data->clk_pll_a_out0);
-	clk_disable_unprepare(data->clk_pll_a);
 
 	/*
 	 * AC97 rate is fixed at 24.576MHz and is used for both the host
@@ -130,18 +114,6 @@ int tegra_asoc_utils_set_ac97_rate(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data)
 
 	/* Don't set cdev1/extern1 rate; it's locked to pll_a_out0 */
 
-	err = clk_prepare_enable(data->clk_pll_a);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(data->dev, "Can't enable pll_a: %d\n", err);
-		return err;
-	}
-
-	err = clk_prepare_enable(data->clk_pll_a_out0);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(data->dev, "Can't enable pll_a_out0: %d\n", err);
-		return err;
-	}
-
 	err = clk_prepare_enable(data->clk_cdev1);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(data->dev, "Can't enable cdev1: %d\n", err);
@@ -158,6 +130,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tegra_asoc_utils_set_ac97_rate);
 int tegra_asoc_utils_init(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data,
 			  struct device *dev)
 {
+	struct clk *clk_out_1, *clk_extern1;
 	int ret;
 
 	data->dev = dev;
@@ -193,6 +166,45 @@ int tegra_asoc_utils_init(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data,
 		return PTR_ERR(data->clk_cdev1);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If clock parents are not set in DT, configure here to use clk_out_1
+	 * as mclk and extern1 as parent for Tegra30 and higher.
+	 */
+	if (!of_find_property(dev->of_node, "assigned-clock-parents", NULL) &&
+	    data->soc > TEGRA_ASOC_UTILS_SOC_TEGRA20) {
+		dev_warn(data->dev,
+			 "Configuring clocks for a legacy device-tree\n");
+		dev_warn(data->dev,
+			 "Please update DT to use assigned-clock-parents\n");
+		clk_extern1 = devm_clk_get(dev, "extern1");
+		if (IS_ERR(clk_extern1)) {
+			dev_err(data->dev, "Can't retrieve clk extern1\n");
+			return PTR_ERR(clk_extern1);
+		}
+
+		ret = clk_set_parent(clk_extern1, data->clk_pll_a_out0);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			dev_err(data->dev,
+				"Set parent failed for clk extern1\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		clk_out_1 = devm_clk_get(dev, "pmc_clk_out_1");
+		if (IS_ERR(clk_out_1)) {
+			dev_err(data->dev, "Can't retrieve pmc_clk_out_1\n");
+			return PTR_ERR(clk_out_1);
+		}
+
+		ret = clk_set_parent(clk_out_1, clk_extern1);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			dev_err(data->dev,
+				"Set parent failed for pmc_clk_out_1\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		data->clk_cdev1 = clk_out_1;
+	}
+
 	ret = tegra_asoc_utils_set_rate(data, 44100, 256 * 44100);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;