diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
index 93bca5225116..0a35e5236ae5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
@@ -993,21 +993,17 @@ static int spear_smi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dev->num_flashes = MAX_NUM_FLASH_CHIP;
 	}
 
-	dev->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
+	dev->clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(dev->clk)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(dev->clk);
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	ret = clk_prepare_enable(dev->clk);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
-
 	ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, spear_smi_int_handler, 0,
 			       pdev->name, dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "SMI IRQ allocation failed\n");
-		goto err_irq;
+		goto err;
 	}
 
 	mutex_init(&dev->lock);
@@ -1020,14 +1016,11 @@ static int spear_smi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		ret = spear_smi_setup_banks(pdev, i, pdata->np[i]);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "bank setup failed\n");
-			goto err_irq;
+			goto err;
 		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-
-err_irq:
-	clk_disable_unprepare(dev->clk);
 err:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1056,8 +1049,6 @@ static int spear_smi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		WARN_ON(mtd_device_unregister(&flash->mtd));
 	}
 
-	clk_disable_unprepare(dev->clk);
-
 	return 0;
 }