diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 63f9ac1..32e2fed 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -1097,11 +1097,14 @@
 	 * them now to avoid future calls to __clk_lookup.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < clk->num_parents; i++) {
-		if (clk->parents && clk->parents[i] == parent)
+		if (clk->parents[i] == parent)
 			return i;
-		else if (!strcmp(clk->parent_names[i], parent->name)) {
-			if (clk->parents)
-				clk->parents[i] = __clk_lookup(parent->name);
+
+		if (clk->parents[i])
+			continue;
+
+		if (!strcmp(clk->parent_names[i], parent->name)) {
+			clk->parents[i] = __clk_lookup(parent->name);
 			return i;
 		}
 	}