diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 62572d59e7e38af002696a42020d88555b1a9450..aa2f1f8aa2994ec1d7625a33682f9040c73e8423 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ 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;
 }