diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm2835aux.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm2835aux.c
index 2a1226a78a0c..21939bb44613 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm2835aux.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm2835aux.c
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ static int bcm2835aux_serial_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	uartclk = clk_get_rate(data->clk);
 	if (!uartclk) {
 		ret = device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "clock-frequency", &uartclk);
-		if (ret)
-			return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "could not get clk rate\n");
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "could not get clk rate\n");
+			goto dis_clk;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* the HW-clock divider for bcm2835aux is 8,