diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c
index 45ce065e7170..3b8740c083c4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, whether express
  * or implied.
  */
+#include <linux/clkdev.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-lpc32xx/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-lpc32xx/clock.c
index dd5d6f532e8c..661c8f4b2310 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-lpc32xx/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-lpc32xx/clock.c
@@ -1238,10 +1238,7 @@ static struct clk_lookup lookups[] = {
 
 static int __init clk_init(void)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lookups); i++)
-		clkdev_add(&lookups[i]);
+	clkdev_add_table(lookups, ARRAY_SIZE(lookups));
 
 	/*
 	 * Setup muxed SYSCLK for HCLK PLL base -this selects the
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nokia770.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nokia770.c
index 85089d821982..3bc59390a943 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nokia770.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nokia770.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
+#include <linux/clkdev.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/input.h>
-#include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/omapfb.h>
 
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clkt2xxx_virt_prcm_set.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clkt2xxx_virt_prcm_set.c
index 85e0b0c06718..b64d717bfab6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clkt2xxx_virt_prcm_set.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/clkt2xxx_virt_prcm_set.c
@@ -232,14 +232,12 @@ void omap2xxx_clkt_vps_init(void)
 	struct clk_hw_omap *hw = NULL;
 	struct clk *clk;
 	const char *parent_name = "mpu_ck";
-	struct clk_lookup *lookup = NULL;
 
 	omap2xxx_clkt_vps_late_init();
 	omap2xxx_clkt_vps_check_bootloader_rates();
 
 	hw = kzalloc(sizeof(*hw), GFP_KERNEL);
-	lookup = kzalloc(sizeof(*lookup), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!hw || !lookup)
+	if (!hw)
 		goto cleanup;
 	init.name = "virt_prcm_set";
 	init.ops = &virt_prcm_set_ops;
@@ -249,15 +247,9 @@ void omap2xxx_clkt_vps_init(void)
 	hw->hw.init = &init;
 
 	clk = clk_register(NULL, &hw->hw);
-
-	lookup->dev_id = NULL;
-	lookup->con_id = "cpufreq_ck";
-	lookup->clk = clk;
-
-	clkdev_add(lookup);
+	clkdev_create(clk, "cpufreq_ck", NULL);
 	return;
 cleanup:
 	kfree(hw);
-	kfree(lookup);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
index 83a0f5ab85c2..e417f7fcb2ba 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void _add_clkdev(struct omap_device *od, const char *clk_alias,
 		       const char *clk_name)
 {
 	struct clk *r;
-	struct clk_lookup *l;
+	int rc;
 
 	if (!clk_alias || !clk_name)
 		return;
@@ -62,21 +62,15 @@ static void _add_clkdev(struct omap_device *od, const char *clk_alias,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	r = clk_get(NULL, clk_name);
-	if (IS_ERR(r)) {
-		dev_err(&od->pdev->dev,
-			"clk_get for %s failed\n", clk_name);
-		return;
+	rc = clk_add_alias(clk_alias, dev_name(&od->pdev->dev), clk_name, NULL);
+	if (rc) {
+		if (rc == -ENODEV || rc == -ENOMEM)
+			dev_err(&od->pdev->dev,
+				"clkdev_alloc for %s failed\n", clk_alias);
+		else
+			dev_err(&od->pdev->dev,
+				"clk_get for %s failed\n", clk_name);
 	}
-
-	l = clkdev_alloc(r, clk_alias, dev_name(&od->pdev->dev));
-	if (!l) {
-		dev_err(&od->pdev->dev,
-			"clkdev_alloc for %s failed\n", clk_alias);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	clkdev_add(l);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/eseries.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/eseries.c
index cfb864173ce3..4427bf26ea47 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/eseries.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/eseries.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <linux/clkdev.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/lubbock.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/lubbock.c
index 4ac9ab80d24b..7518310c9015 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/lubbock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/lubbock.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  *  published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
+#include <linux/clkdev.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/gpio/machine.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c
index 7780d1faa06f..92e56d8a24d8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <linux/clkdev.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-orion/common.c b/arch/arm/plat-orion/common.c
index f5b00f41c4f6..2235081a04ee 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-orion/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-orion/common.c
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@
 void __init orion_clkdev_add(const char *con_id, const char *dev_id,
 			     struct clk *clk)
 {
-	struct clk_lookup *cl;
-
-	cl = clkdev_alloc(clk, con_id, dev_id);
-	if (cl)
-		clkdev_add(cl);
+	clkdev_create(clk, con_id, "%s", dev_id);
 }
 
 /* Create clkdev entries for all orion platforms except kirkwood.
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7734.c b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7734.c
index 1fdf1ee672de..7f54bf2f453d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7734.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7734.c
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ int __init arch_clk_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(main_clks); i++)
 		ret |= clk_register(main_clks[i]);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lookups); i++)
-		clkdev_add(&lookups[i]);
+	clkdev_add_table(lookups, ARRAY_SIZE(lookups));
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = sh_clk_div4_register(div4_clks, ARRAY_SIZE(div4_clks),
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7757.c b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7757.c
index 9a28fdb36387..e40ec2c97ad1 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7757.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7757.c
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ int __init arch_clk_init(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(clks); i++)
 		ret |= clk_register(clks[i]);
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lookups); i++)
-		clkdev_add(&lookups[i]);
+
+	clkdev_add_table(lookups, ARRAY_SIZE(lookups));
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = sh_clk_div4_register(div4_clks, ARRAY_SIZE(div4_clks),
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7785.c b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7785.c
index 17d0ea55a5a2..8eb6e62340c9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7785.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7785.c
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ int __init arch_clk_init(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(clks); i++)
 		ret |= clk_register(clks[i]);
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lookups); i++)
-		clkdev_add(&lookups[i]);
+
+	clkdev_add_table(lookups, ARRAY_SIZE(lookups));
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = sh_clk_div4_register(div4_clks, ARRAY_SIZE(div4_clks),
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7786.c b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7786.c
index bec2a83f1ba5..5e50e7ebeff0 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7786.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-sh7786.c
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ int __init arch_clk_init(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(clks); i++)
 		ret |= clk_register(clks[i]);
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lookups); i++)
-		clkdev_add(&lookups[i]);
+
+	clkdev_add_table(lookups, ARRAY_SIZE(lookups));
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = sh_clk_div4_register(div4_clks, ARRAY_SIZE(div4_clks),
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-shx3.c b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-shx3.c
index 9a49a44f6f94..605221d1448a 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-shx3.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/clock-shx3.c
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ int __init arch_clk_init(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(clks); i++)
 		ret |= clk_register(clks[i]);
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lookups); i++)
-		clkdev_add(&lookups[i]);
+
+	clkdev_add_table(lookups, ARRAY_SIZE(lookups));
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = sh_clk_div4_register(div4_clks, ARRAY_SIZE(div4_clks),
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-s2mps11.c b/drivers/clk/clk-s2mps11.c
index bfa1e64e267d..9b13a303d3f8 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk-s2mps11.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-s2mps11.c
@@ -242,14 +242,12 @@ static int s2mps11_clk_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			goto err_reg;
 		}
 
-		s2mps11_clk->lookup = clkdev_alloc(s2mps11_clk->clk,
+		s2mps11_clk->lookup = clkdev_create(s2mps11_clk->clk,
 					s2mps11_name(s2mps11_clk), NULL);
 		if (!s2mps11_clk->lookup) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err_lup;
 		}
-
-		clkdev_add(s2mps11_clk->lookup);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < S2MPS11_CLKS_NUM; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clkdev.c b/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
index 1fcb6ef2cdac..c0eaf0973bd2 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ struct clk *clk_get_sys(const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)
 	if (!cl)
 		goto out;
 
-	clk = __clk_create_clk(__clk_get_hw(cl->clk), dev_id, con_id);
+	clk = __clk_create_clk(cl->clk_hw, dev_id, con_id);
 	if (IS_ERR(clk))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -215,18 +215,26 @@ void clk_put(struct clk *clk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_put);
 
-void clkdev_add(struct clk_lookup *cl)
+static void __clkdev_add(struct clk_lookup *cl)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&clocks_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&cl->node, &clocks);
 	mutex_unlock(&clocks_mutex);
 }
+
+void clkdev_add(struct clk_lookup *cl)
+{
+	if (!cl->clk_hw)
+		cl->clk_hw = __clk_get_hw(cl->clk);
+	__clkdev_add(cl);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clkdev_add);
 
-void __init clkdev_add_table(struct clk_lookup *cl, size_t num)
+void clkdev_add_table(struct clk_lookup *cl, size_t num)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&clocks_mutex);
 	while (num--) {
+		cl->clk_hw = __clk_get_hw(cl->clk);
 		list_add_tail(&cl->node, &clocks);
 		cl++;
 	}
@@ -243,7 +251,7 @@ struct clk_lookup_alloc {
 };
 
 static struct clk_lookup * __init_refok
-vclkdev_alloc(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id, const char *dev_fmt,
+vclkdev_alloc(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *con_id, const char *dev_fmt,
 	va_list ap)
 {
 	struct clk_lookup_alloc *cla;
@@ -252,7 +260,7 @@ vclkdev_alloc(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id, const char *dev_fmt,
 	if (!cla)
 		return NULL;
 
-	cla->cl.clk = clk;
+	cla->cl.clk_hw = hw;
 	if (con_id) {
 		strlcpy(cla->con_id, con_id, sizeof(cla->con_id));
 		cla->cl.con_id = cla->con_id;
@@ -266,6 +274,19 @@ vclkdev_alloc(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id, const char *dev_fmt,
 	return &cla->cl;
 }
 
+static struct clk_lookup *
+vclkdev_create(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *con_id, const char *dev_fmt,
+	va_list ap)
+{
+	struct clk_lookup *cl;
+
+	cl = vclkdev_alloc(hw, con_id, dev_fmt, ap);
+	if (cl)
+		__clkdev_add(cl);
+
+	return cl;
+}
+
 struct clk_lookup * __init_refok
 clkdev_alloc(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id, const char *dev_fmt, ...)
 {
@@ -273,28 +294,49 @@ clkdev_alloc(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id, const char *dev_fmt, ...)
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, dev_fmt);
-	cl = vclkdev_alloc(clk, con_id, dev_fmt, ap);
+	cl = vclkdev_alloc(__clk_get_hw(clk), con_id, dev_fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
 	return cl;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clkdev_alloc);
 
-int clk_add_alias(const char *alias, const char *alias_dev_name, char *id,
-	struct device *dev)
+/**
+ * clkdev_create - allocate and add a clkdev lookup structure
+ * @clk: struct clk to associate with all clk_lookups
+ * @con_id: connection ID string on device
+ * @dev_fmt: format string describing device name
+ *
+ * Returns a clk_lookup structure, which can be later unregistered and
+ * freed.
+ */
+struct clk_lookup *clkdev_create(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id,
+	const char *dev_fmt, ...)
 {
-	struct clk *r = clk_get(dev, id);
+	struct clk_lookup *cl;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, dev_fmt);
+	cl = vclkdev_create(__clk_get_hw(clk), con_id, dev_fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	return cl;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clkdev_create);
+
+int clk_add_alias(const char *alias, const char *alias_dev_name,
+	const char *con_id, struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct clk *r = clk_get(dev, con_id);
 	struct clk_lookup *l;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(r))
 		return PTR_ERR(r);
 
-	l = clkdev_alloc(r, alias, alias_dev_name);
+	l = clkdev_create(r, alias, "%s", alias_dev_name);
 	clk_put(r);
-	if (!l)
-		return -ENODEV;
-	clkdev_add(l);
-	return 0;
+
+	return l ? 0 : -ENODEV;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_add_alias);
 
@@ -334,15 +376,10 @@ int clk_register_clkdev(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id,
 		return PTR_ERR(clk);
 
 	va_start(ap, dev_fmt);
-	cl = vclkdev_alloc(clk, con_id, dev_fmt, ap);
+	cl = vclkdev_create(__clk_get_hw(clk), con_id, dev_fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
-	if (!cl)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	clkdev_add(cl);
-
-	return 0;
+	return cl ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_register_clkdev);
 
@@ -365,8 +402,8 @@ int clk_register_clkdevs(struct clk *clk, struct clk_lookup *cl, size_t num)
 		return PTR_ERR(clk);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++, cl++) {
-		cl->clk = clk;
-		clkdev_add(cl);
+		cl->clk_hw = __clk_get_hw(clk);
+		__clkdev_add(cl);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/clk.h b/include/linux/clk.h
index 68c16a6bedb3..0df4a51e1a78 100644
--- a/include/linux/clk.h
+++ b/include/linux/clk.h
@@ -306,6 +306,20 @@ void devm_clk_put(struct device *dev, struct clk *clk);
  * @clk: clock source
  * @rate: desired clock rate in Hz
  *
+ * This answers the question "if I were to pass @rate to clk_set_rate(),
+ * what clock rate would I end up with?" without changing the hardware
+ * in any way.  In other words:
+ *
+ *   rate = clk_round_rate(clk, r);
+ *
+ * and:
+ *
+ *   clk_set_rate(clk, r);
+ *   rate = clk_get_rate(clk);
+ *
+ * are equivalent except the former does not modify the clock hardware
+ * in any way.
+ *
  * Returns rounded clock rate in Hz, or negative errno.
  */
 long clk_round_rate(struct clk *clk, unsigned long rate);
@@ -471,19 +485,6 @@ static inline void clk_disable_unprepare(struct clk *clk)
 	clk_unprepare(clk);
 }
 
-/**
- * clk_add_alias - add a new clock alias
- * @alias: name for clock alias
- * @alias_dev_name: device name
- * @id: platform specific clock name
- * @dev: device
- *
- * Allows using generic clock names for drivers by adding a new alias.
- * Assumes clkdev, see clkdev.h for more info.
- */
-int clk_add_alias(const char *alias, const char *alias_dev_name, char *id,
-			struct device *dev);
-
 struct device_node;
 struct of_phandle_args;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/clkdev.h b/include/linux/clkdev.h
index 94bad77eeb4a..a240b18e86fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/clkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/clkdev.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct clk_lookup {
 	const char		*dev_id;
 	const char		*con_id;
 	struct clk		*clk;
+	struct clk_hw		*clk_hw;
 };
 
 #define CLKDEV_INIT(d, n, c)	\
@@ -37,8 +38,11 @@ struct clk_lookup *clkdev_alloc(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id,
 void clkdev_add(struct clk_lookup *cl);
 void clkdev_drop(struct clk_lookup *cl);
 
+struct clk_lookup *clkdev_create(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id,
+	const char *dev_fmt, ...);
+
 void clkdev_add_table(struct clk_lookup *, size_t);
-int clk_add_alias(const char *, const char *, char *, struct device *);
+int clk_add_alias(const char *, const char *, const char *, struct device *);
 
 int clk_register_clkdev(struct clk *, const char *, const char *, ...);
 int clk_register_clkdevs(struct clk *, struct clk_lookup *, size_t);
diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/migor.c b/sound/soc/sh/migor.c
index 82f582344fe7..672bcd4c252b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/migor.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/migor.c
@@ -162,12 +162,11 @@ static int __init migor_init(void)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	siumckb_lookup = clkdev_alloc(&siumckb_clk, "siumckb_clk", NULL);
+	siumckb_lookup = clkdev_create(&siumckb_clk, "siumckb_clk", NULL);
 	if (!siumckb_lookup) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto eclkdevalloc;
 	}
-	clkdev_add(siumckb_lookup);
 
 	/* Port number used on this machine: port B */
 	migor_snd_device = platform_device_alloc("soc-audio", 1);