diff --git a/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c b/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c
index b17a13e9337c..9404609b5ebf 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static int meson_clk_pll_set_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long rate,
 	if (parent_rate == 0 || rate == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	old_rate = rate;
+	old_rate = clk_hw_get_rate(hw);
 
 	ret = meson_clk_get_pll_settings(rate, parent_rate, &m, &n, pll);
 	if (ret)