diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/cpuinfo.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/cpuinfo.c
index cd9b4450763b..32c508e85408 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/cpuinfo.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ void __init setup_cpuinfo_clk(void)
 		cpuinfo.cpu_clock_freq = fcpu(cpu, "timebase-frequency");
 	} else {
 		cpuinfo.cpu_clock_freq = clk_get_rate(clk);
+		clk_put(clk);
 	}
 
 	if (!cpuinfo.cpu_clock_freq) {