diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index b355d3d40f63afe876c642c106e14010257e5705..d462c0b72f89c245de85dddedba2be1a3c6da55f 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ static struct clk_core *clk_core_get(struct clk_core *core, u8 p_index)
 	if (IS_ERR(hw))
 		return ERR_CAST(hw);
 
+	if (!hw)
+		return NULL;
+
 	return hw->core;
 }