diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
index 4924575d2e95..343b291fc372 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ int asoc_simple_card_parse_clk(struct device *dev,
 	clk = devm_get_clk_from_child(dev, node, NULL);
 	if (!IS_ERR(clk)) {
 		simple_dai->sysclk = clk_get_rate(clk);
+		simple_dai->clk = clk;
 	} else if (!of_property_read_u32(node, "system-clock-frequency", &val)) {
 		simple_dai->sysclk = val;
 	} else {