diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 8de6a22498e7030b5ef483a9c2f90599b66e6729..fff5edb89d6d09adf0bde709e7e49abce98b8473 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -3773,8 +3773,9 @@ struct clk *clk_hw_create_clk(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw,
 struct clk *clk_hw_get_clk(struct clk_hw *hw, const char *con_id)
 {
 	struct device *dev = hw->core->dev;
+	const char *name = dev ? dev_name(dev) : NULL;
 
-	return clk_hw_create_clk(dev, hw, dev_name(dev), con_id);
+	return clk_hw_create_clk(dev, hw, name, con_id);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_hw_get_clk);