diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx27.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx27.c
index faf629eeaf64..c3cfa4116dc0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx27.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx27.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ int __init mx27_clocks_init(unsigned long fref)
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[ata_ahb_gate], "ata", NULL);
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[rtc_ipg_gate], NULL, "imx21-rtc");
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[scc_ipg_gate], "scc", NULL);
-	clk_register_clkdev(clk[cpu_div], "cpu", NULL);
+	clk_register_clkdev(clk[cpu_div], NULL, "cpufreq-cpu0.0");
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[emi_ahb_gate], "emi_ahb" , NULL);
 
 	mxc_timer_init(MX27_IO_ADDRESS(MX27_GPT1_BASE_ADDR), MX27_INT_GPT1);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx27-dt.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx27-dt.c
index 7ee59a718c79..4aaead0a77ff 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx27-dt.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx27-dt.c
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 
 static void __init imx27_dt_init(void)
 {
+	struct platform_device_info devinfo = { .name = "cpufreq-cpu0", };
+
 	of_platform_populate(NULL, of_default_bus_match_table, NULL, NULL);
+
+	platform_device_register_full(&devinfo);
 }
 
 static const char * const imx27_dt_board_compat[] __initconst = {