diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw-mmio.c b/drivers/spi/spi-dw-mmio.c
index 4bd59a93d988..de952b17bc10 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw-mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw-mmio.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 struct dw_spi_mmio {
 	struct dw_spi  dws;
 	struct clk     *clk;
+	struct clk     *pclk;
 	void           *priv;
 };
 
@@ -172,6 +173,14 @@ static int dw_spi_mmio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* Optional clock needed to access the registers */
+	dwsmmio->pclk = devm_clk_get_optional(&pdev->dev, "pclk");
+	if (IS_ERR(dwsmmio->pclk))
+		return PTR_ERR(dwsmmio->pclk);
+	ret = clk_prepare_enable(dwsmmio->pclk);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_clk;
+
 	dws->bus_num = pdev->id;
 
 	dws->max_freq = clk_get_rate(dwsmmio->clk);
@@ -199,6 +208,8 @@ static int dw_spi_mmio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 out:
+	clk_disable_unprepare(dwsmmio->pclk);
+out_clk:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(dwsmmio->clk);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -208,6 +219,7 @@ static int dw_spi_mmio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct dw_spi_mmio *dwsmmio = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	dw_spi_remove_host(&dwsmmio->dws);
+	clk_disable_unprepare(dwsmmio->pclk);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(dwsmmio->clk);
 
 	return 0;