diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 8bce6bb4a965..1c46babeb093 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,8 @@ static int clk_fetch_parent_index(struct clk_core *core,
 			break;
 
 		/* Fallback to comparing globally unique names */
-		if (!strcmp(parent->name, core->parents[i].name))
+		if (core->parents[i].name &&
+		    !strcmp(parent->name, core->parents[i].name))
 			break;
 	}