unsigned long min_rate;
        unsigned long max_rate;
        int p_index = 0;
+       long ret;
 
        /* sanity */
        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(clk))
        /* find the closest rate and parent clk/rate */
        if (clk->ops->determine_rate) {
                parent_hw = parent ? parent->hw : NULL;
-               new_rate = clk->ops->determine_rate(clk->hw, rate,
-                                                   min_rate,
-                                                   max_rate,
-                                                   &best_parent_rate,
-                                                   &parent_hw);
+               ret = clk->ops->determine_rate(clk->hw, rate,
+                                              min_rate,
+                                              max_rate,
+                                              &best_parent_rate,
+                                              &parent_hw);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       return NULL;
+
+               new_rate = ret;
                parent = parent_hw ? parent_hw->core : NULL;
        } else if (clk->ops->round_rate) {
-               new_rate = clk->ops->round_rate(clk->hw, rate,
-                                               &best_parent_rate);
+               ret = clk->ops->round_rate(clk->hw, rate,
+                                          &best_parent_rate);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       return NULL;
+
+               new_rate = ret;
                if (new_rate < min_rate || new_rate > max_rate)
                        return NULL;
        } else if (!parent || !(clk->flags & CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT)) {