diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rtd119x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rtd119x_wdt.c
index 984905695dde..0bfadb58917b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rtd119x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rtd119x_wdt.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static int rtd119x_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct rtd119x_watchdog_device *data;
+	unsigned long rate;
 
 	data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
@@ -111,10 +112,14 @@ static int rtd119x_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(data->clk))
 		return PTR_ERR(data->clk);
 
+	rate = clk_get_rate(data->clk);
+	if (!rate)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	data->wdt_dev.info = &rtd119x_wdt_info;
 	data->wdt_dev.ops = &rtd119x_wdt_ops;
 	data->wdt_dev.timeout = 120;
-	data->wdt_dev.max_timeout = 0xffffffff / clk_get_rate(data->clk);
+	data->wdt_dev.max_timeout = 0xffffffff / rate;
 	data->wdt_dev.min_timeout = 1;
 	data->wdt_dev.parent = dev;