diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-econet-en751221.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-econet-en751221.c
index 4008076b1a21..1859335345b5 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-econet-en751221.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-econet-en751221.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static int __init timer_init(struct device_node *np)
 	}
 
 	econet_timer.freq_hz = clk_get_rate(clk);
+	clk_put(clk);
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < num_blocks; i++) {
 		econet_timer.membase[i] = of_iomap(np, i);