diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 07d837dc39de..406705580a33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -3604,7 +3604,9 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pp->indir[0] = rxq_def;
 
-	pp->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
+	pp->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "core");
+	if (IS_ERR(pp->clk))
+		pp->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(pp->clk)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(pp->clk);
 		goto err_put_phy_node;