diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 4a67c0d4823c..f8776065ad1f 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -4523,7 +4523,8 @@ void clk_unregister(struct clk *clk)
 	if (ops == &clk_nodrv_ops) {
 		pr_err("%s: unregistered clock: %s\n", __func__,
 		       clk->core->name);
-		goto unlock;
+		clk_prepare_unlock();
+		return;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Assign empty clock ops for consumers that might still hold
@@ -4557,11 +4558,10 @@ void clk_unregister(struct clk *clk)
 	if (clk->core->protect_count)
 		pr_warn("%s: unregistering protected clock: %s\n",
 					__func__, clk->core->name);
+	clk_prepare_unlock();
 
 	kref_put(&clk->core->ref, __clk_release);
 	free_clk(clk);
-unlock:
-	clk_prepare_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_unregister);
 
@@ -4720,13 +4720,11 @@ void __clk_put(struct clk *clk)
 	if (clk->min_rate > 0 || clk->max_rate < ULONG_MAX)
 		clk_set_rate_range_nolock(clk, 0, ULONG_MAX);
 
-	owner = clk->core->owner;
-	kref_put(&clk->core->ref, __clk_release);
-
 	clk_prepare_unlock();
 
+	owner = clk->core->owner;
+	kref_put(&clk->core->ref, __clk_release);
 	module_put(owner);
-
 	free_clk(clk);
 }