diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-gpio.c b/drivers/clk/clk-gpio.c
index 19fed65587e8206c20f6ee13a1b736276e8922ae..7b09a265d79fc8595a31332ecd40480beaed7bc5 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-gpio.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static void __init of_gpio_clk_setup(struct device_node *node,
 
 	num_parents = of_clk_get_parent_count(node);
 	if (num_parents < 0)
-		return;
+		num_parents = 0;
 
 	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)