*  or device's module clock.
         */
        clk = devm_get_clk_from_child(dev, node, NULL);
-       if (IS_ERR(clk))
-               clk = devm_get_clk_from_child(dev, dlc->of_node, NULL);
-
        if (!IS_ERR(clk)) {
-               simple_dai->clk = clk;
                simple_dai->sysclk = clk_get_rate(clk);
-       } else if (!of_property_read_u32(node, "system-clock-frequency",
-                                        &val)) {
+
+               simple_dai->clk = clk;
+       } else if (!of_property_read_u32(node, "system-clock-frequency", &val)) {
                simple_dai->sysclk = val;
+       } else {
+               clk = devm_get_clk_from_child(dev, dlc->of_node, NULL);
+               if (!IS_ERR(clk))
+                       simple_dai->sysclk = clk_get_rate(clk);
        }
 
        if (of_property_read_bool(node, "system-clock-direction-out"))