{
        int i;
 
-       if (!core->parents) {
-               core->parents = kcalloc(core->num_parents,
-                                       sizeof(*core->parents), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!core->parents)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-       }
-
        /*
         * find index of new parent clock using cached parent ptrs,
         * or if not yet cached, use string name comparison and cache
 
        index = core->ops->get_parent(core->hw);
 
-       if (!core->parents)
-               core->parents =
-                       kcalloc(core->num_parents, sizeof(*core->parents),
-                                       GFP_KERNEL);
-
        ret = clk_core_get_parent_by_index(core, index);
 
 out:
                                __func__, core->name);
 
        /*
-        * Allocate an array of struct clk *'s to avoid unnecessary string
-        * look-ups of clk's possible parents.  This can fail for clocks passed
-        * in to clk_init during early boot; thus any access to core->parents[]
-        * must always check for a NULL pointer and try to populate it if
-        * necessary.
+        * clk_core_lookup returns NULL for parents that have not been
+        * clk_init'd; thus any access to clk->parents[] must check
+        * for a NULL pointer.  We can always perform lazy lookups for
+        * missing parents later on.
         */
-       if (core->num_parents > 1) {
-               core->parents = kcalloc(core->num_parents,
-                                       sizeof(*core->parents), GFP_KERNEL);
-               /*
-                * clk_core_lookup returns NULL for parents that have not been
-                * clk_init'd; thus any access to clk->parents[] must check
-                * for a NULL pointer.  We can always perform lazy lookups for
-                * missing parents later on.
-                */
-               if (core->parents)
-                       for (i = 0; i < core->num_parents; i++)
-                               core->parents[i] =
-                                       clk_core_lookup(core->parent_names[i]);
-       }
+       if (core->parents)
+               for (i = 0; i < core->num_parents; i++)
+                       core->parents[i] =
+                               clk_core_lookup(core->parent_names[i]);
 
        core->parent = __clk_init_parent(core);
 
                }
        }
 
+       /* avoid unnecessary string look-ups of clk_core's possible parents. */
+       core->parents = kcalloc(core->num_parents, sizeof(*core->parents),
+                               GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!core->parents) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto fail_parents;
+       };
+
        INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&core->clks);
 
        hw->clk = __clk_create_clk(hw, NULL, NULL);
        if (IS_ERR(hw->clk)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(hw->clk);
-               goto fail_parent_names_copy;
+               goto fail_parents;
        }
 
        ret = __clk_core_init(core);
        __clk_free_clk(hw->clk);
        hw->clk = NULL;
 
+fail_parents:
+       kfree(core->parents);
 fail_parent_names_copy:
        while (--i >= 0)
                kfree_const(core->parent_names[i]);