diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam926x_time.c b/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam926x_time.c
index bb392320a0dd..0f04ffe9c5a8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam926x_time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam926x_time.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 static u32 pit_cycle;		/* write-once */
 static u32 pit_cnt;		/* access only w/system irq blocked */
 static void __iomem *pit_base_addr __read_mostly;
+static struct clk *mck;
 
 static inline unsigned int pit_read(unsigned int reg_offset)
 {
@@ -195,10 +196,14 @@ static int __init of_at91sam926x_pit_init(void)
 	if (!pit_base_addr)
 		goto node_err;
 
+	mck = of_clk_get(np, 0);
+
 	/* Get the interrupts property */
 	ret = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
 	if (!ret) {
 		pr_crit("AT91: PIT: Unable to get IRQ from DT\n");
+		if (!IS_ERR(mck))
+			clk_put(mck);
 		goto ioremap_err;
 	}
 	at91sam926x_pit_irq.irq = ret;
@@ -230,6 +235,8 @@ void __init at91sam926x_pit_init(void)
 	unsigned	bits;
 	int		ret;
 
+	mck = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
 	/* For device tree enabled device: initialize here */
 	of_at91sam926x_pit_init();
 
@@ -237,7 +244,12 @@ void __init at91sam926x_pit_init(void)
 	 * Use our actual MCK to figure out how many MCK/16 ticks per
 	 * 1/HZ period (instead of a compile-time constant LATCH).
 	 */
-	pit_rate = clk_get_rate(clk_get(NULL, "mck")) / 16;
+	if (IS_ERR(mck))
+		mck = clk_get(NULL, "mck");
+
+	if (IS_ERR(mck))
+		panic("AT91: PIT: Unable to get mck clk\n");
+	pit_rate = clk_get_rate(mck) / 16;
 	pit_cycle = (pit_rate + HZ/2) / HZ;
 	WARN_ON(((pit_cycle - 1) & ~AT91_PIT_PIV) != 0);