diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index c0990703ce54..8bce6bb4a965 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -324,6 +324,25 @@ static struct clk_core *clk_core_lookup(const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+static int of_parse_clkspec(const struct device_node *np, int index,
+			    const char *name, struct of_phandle_args *out_args);
+static struct clk_hw *
+of_clk_get_hw_from_clkspec(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec);
+#else
+static inline int of_parse_clkspec(const struct device_node *np, int index,
+				   const char *name,
+				   struct of_phandle_args *out_args)
+{
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+static inline struct clk_hw *
+of_clk_get_hw_from_clkspec(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * clk_core_get - Find the clk_core parent of a clk
  * @core: clk to find parent of
@@ -355,8 +374,9 @@ static struct clk_core *clk_core_lookup(const char *name)
  *      };
  *
  * Returns: -ENOENT when the provider can't be found or the clk doesn't
- * exist in the provider. -EINVAL when the name can't be found. NULL when the
- * provider knows about the clk but it isn't provided on this system.
+ * exist in the provider or the name can't be found in the DT node or
+ * in a clkdev lookup. NULL when the provider knows about the clk but it
+ * isn't provided on this system.
  * A valid clk_core pointer when the clk can be found in the provider.
  */
 static struct clk_core *clk_core_get(struct clk_core *core, u8 p_index)
@@ -367,17 +387,19 @@ static struct clk_core *clk_core_get(struct clk_core *core, u8 p_index)
 	struct device *dev = core->dev;
 	const char *dev_id = dev ? dev_name(dev) : NULL;
 	struct device_node *np = core->of_node;
+	struct of_phandle_args clkspec;
 
-	if (np && (name || index >= 0))
-		hw = of_clk_get_hw(np, index, name);
-
-	/*
-	 * If the DT search above couldn't find the provider or the provider
-	 * didn't know about this clk, fallback to looking up via clkdev based
-	 * clk_lookups
-	 */
-	if (PTR_ERR(hw) == -ENOENT && name)
+	if (np && (name || index >= 0) &&
+	    !of_parse_clkspec(np, index, name, &clkspec)) {
+		hw = of_clk_get_hw_from_clkspec(&clkspec);
+		of_node_put(clkspec.np);
+	} else if (name) {
+		/*
+		 * If the DT search above couldn't find the provider fallback to
+		 * looking up via clkdev based clk_lookups.
+		 */
 		hw = clk_find_hw(dev_id, name);
+	}
 
 	if (IS_ERR(hw))
 		return ERR_CAST(hw);
@@ -401,7 +423,7 @@ static void clk_core_fill_parent_index(struct clk_core *core, u8 index)
 			parent = ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
 	} else {
 		parent = clk_core_get(core, index);
-		if (IS_ERR(parent) && PTR_ERR(parent) == -ENOENT)
+		if (IS_ERR(parent) && PTR_ERR(parent) == -ENOENT && entry->name)
 			parent = clk_core_lookup(entry->name);
 	}