diff --git a/drivers/clk/clkdev.c b/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
index 6e787cc9e5b9..6f65bde696da 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clkdev.c
@@ -72,25 +72,26 @@ static struct clk_lookup *clk_find(const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)
 	return cl;
 }
 
+static struct clk_hw *clk_find_hw(const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)
+{
+	struct clk_lookup *cl;
+	struct clk_hw *hw = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
+	mutex_lock(&clocks_mutex);
+	cl = clk_find(dev_id, con_id);
+	if (cl)
+		hw = cl->clk_hw;
+	mutex_unlock(&clocks_mutex);
+
+	return hw;
+}
+
 static struct clk *__clk_get_sys(struct device *dev, const char *dev_id,
 				 const char *con_id)
 {
-	struct clk_lookup *cl;
-	struct clk *clk = NULL;
+	struct clk_hw *hw = clk_find_hw(dev_id, con_id);
 
-	mutex_lock(&clocks_mutex);
-
-	cl = clk_find(dev_id, con_id);
-	if (!cl)
-		goto out;
-
-	clk = clk_hw_create_clk(dev, cl->clk_hw, dev_id, con_id);
-	if (IS_ERR(clk))
-		cl = NULL;
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&clocks_mutex);
-
-	return cl ? clk : ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	return clk_hw_create_clk(dev, hw, dev_id, con_id);
 }
 
 struct clk *clk_get_sys(const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)