diff --git a/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-saif.c b/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-saif.c
index aba71bfa33b1..fdbb36aa9cf5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-saif.c
+++ b/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-saif.c
@@ -394,9 +394,14 @@ static int mxs_saif_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 			     struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai)
 {
 	struct mxs_saif *saif = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(cpu_dai);
+	struct mxs_saif *master_saif;
 	u32 scr, stat;
 	int ret;
 
+	master_saif = mxs_saif_get_master(saif);
+	if (!master_saif)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* mclk should already be set */
 	if (!saif->mclk && saif->mclk_in_use) {
 		dev_err(cpu_dai->dev, "set mclk first\n");
@@ -420,6 +425,11 @@ static int mxs_saif_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	/* prepare clk in hw_param, enable in trigger */
+	clk_prepare(saif->clk);
+	if (saif != master_saif)
+		clk_prepare(master_saif->clk);
+
 	scr = __raw_readl(saif->base + SAIF_CTRL);
 
 	scr &= ~BM_SAIF_CTRL_WORD_LENGTH;