diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
index 8a19408abb63..0bdbcbb50d94 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
@@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ static int atmel_nand_controller_init(struct atmel_nand_controller *nc,
 	if (!np) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Missing or invalid atmel,smc property\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_release_dma;
+		goto out_put_mck;
 	}
 
 	nc->smc = syscon_node_to_regmap(np);
@@ -2093,11 +2093,13 @@ static int atmel_nand_controller_init(struct atmel_nand_controller *nc,
 	if (IS_ERR(nc->smc)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(nc->smc);
 		dev_err(dev, "Could not get SMC regmap (err = %d)\n", ret);
-		goto out_release_dma;
+		goto out_put_mck;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
+out_put_mck:
+	clk_put(nc->mck);
 out_release_dma:
 	if (nc->dmac)
 		dma_release_channel(nc->dmac);