diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c
index 80542289fae7..d8c2bd4391d0 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ static __init int timer_of_clk_init(struct device_node *np,
 	of_clk->clk = of_clk->name ? of_clk_get_by_name(np, of_clk->name) :
 		of_clk_get(np, of_clk->index);
 	if (IS_ERR(of_clk->clk)) {
-		pr_err("Failed to get clock for %pOF\n", np);
-		return PTR_ERR(of_clk->clk);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(of_clk->clk);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			pr_err("Failed to get clock for %pOF\n", np);
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	ret = clk_prepare_enable(of_clk->clk);