diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 820a939fb6bbf40dfada897360e83ecd43c285a6..238b989bf77886460df665e5870e909647a2dbde 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -2449,8 +2449,16 @@ static int __clk_core_init(struct clk_core *core)
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(orphan, tmp2, &clk_orphan_list, child_node) {
 		struct clk_core *parent = __clk_init_parent(orphan);
 
-		if (parent)
-			clk_core_reparent(orphan, parent);
+		/*
+		 * we could call __clk_set_parent, but that would result in a
+		 * redundant call to the .set_rate op, if it exists
+		 */
+		if (parent) {
+			__clk_set_parent_before(orphan, parent);
+			__clk_set_parent_after(orphan, parent, NULL);
+			__clk_recalc_accuracies(orphan);
+			__clk_recalc_rates(orphan, 0);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*