struct fs_enet_private *fep;
        struct fs_platform_info *fpi;
        const u32 *data;
+       struct clk *clk;
+       int err;
        const u8 *mac_addr;
        const char *phy_connection_type;
        int privsize, len, ret = -ENODEV;
                        fpi->use_rmii = 1;
        }
 
+       /* make clock lookup non-fatal (the driver is shared among platforms),
+        * but require enable to succeed when a clock was specified/found,
+        * keep a reference to the clock upon successful acquisition
+        */
+       clk = devm_clk_get(&ofdev->dev, "per");
+       if (!IS_ERR(clk)) {
+               err = clk_prepare_enable(clk);
+               if (err) {
+                       ret = err;
+                       goto out_free_fpi;
+               }
+               fpi->clk_per = clk;
+       }
+
        privsize = sizeof(*fep) +
                   sizeof(struct sk_buff **) *
                   (fpi->rx_ring + fpi->tx_ring);
        free_netdev(ndev);
 out_put:
        of_node_put(fpi->phy_node);
+       if (fpi->clk_per)
+               clk_disable_unprepare(fpi->clk_per);
 out_free_fpi:
        kfree(fpi);
        return ret;
        fep->ops->cleanup_data(ndev);
        dev_set_drvdata(fep->dev, NULL);
        of_node_put(fep->fpi->phy_node);
+       if (fep->fpi->clk_per)
+               clk_disable_unprepare(fep->fpi->clk_per);
        free_netdev(ndev);
        return 0;
 }
 
 #ifndef FS_ENET_PD_H
 #define FS_ENET_PD_H
 
+#include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/of_mdio.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
 
        int use_rmii;           /* use RMII mode               */
        int has_phy;            /* if the network is phy container as well...*/
+
+       struct clk *clk_per;    /* 'per' clock for register access */
 };
 struct fs_mii_fec_platform_info {
        u32 irq[32];