diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
index ea5ca163d879..1f4d461c2c18 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
@@ -1833,12 +1833,12 @@ static int at91_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto vref_disable;
 	}
 
-	at91_adc_hw_init(indio_dev);
-
 	ret = clk_prepare_enable(st->per_clk);
 	if (ret)
 		goto vref_disable;
 
+	at91_adc_hw_init(indio_dev);
+
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, indio_dev);
 
 	ret = at91_adc_buffer_and_trigger_init(&pdev->dev, indio_dev);