diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c
index 77f1bf05b520..e1588990beda 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c
@@ -229,8 +229,6 @@
 #define MIPI_CSIS_PKTDATA_EVEN			0x3000
 #define MIPI_CSIS_PKTDATA_SIZE			SZ_4K
 
-#define DEFAULT_SCLK_CSIS_FREQ			166000000UL
-
 struct mipi_csis_event {
 	bool debug;
 	u32 mask;
@@ -707,12 +705,17 @@ static int mipi_csis_clk_get(struct mipi_csis_device *csis)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	/* Set clock rate */
-	ret = clk_set_rate(csis->clks[MIPI_CSIS_CLK_WRAP].clk,
-			   csis->clk_frequency);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		dev_err(csis->dev, "set rate=%d failed: %d\n",
-			csis->clk_frequency, ret);
+	if (csis->clk_frequency) {
+		/*
+		 * Set the clock rate. This is deprecated, for backward
+		 * compatibility with old device trees.
+		 */
+		ret = clk_set_rate(csis->clks[MIPI_CSIS_CLK_WRAP].clk,
+				   csis->clk_frequency);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			dev_err(csis->dev, "set rate=%d failed: %d\n",
+				csis->clk_frequency, ret);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1416,9 +1419,7 @@ static int mipi_csis_parse_dt(struct mipi_csis_device *csis)
 {
 	struct device_node *node = csis->dev->of_node;
 
-	if (of_property_read_u32(node, "clock-frequency",
-				 &csis->clk_frequency))
-		csis->clk_frequency = DEFAULT_SCLK_CSIS_FREQ;
+	of_property_read_u32(node, "clock-frequency", &csis->clk_frequency);
 
 	return 0;
 }