* receive descs
                 */
                cpsw_info(priv, ifup, "submitted %d rx descriptors\n", i);
+
+               if (cpts_register(&priv->pdev->dev, priv->cpts,
+                                 priv->data.cpts_clock_mult,
+                                 priv->data.cpts_clock_shift))
+                       dev_err(priv->dev, "error registering cpts device\n");
+
        }
 
        /* Enable Interrupt pacing if configured */
        netif_carrier_off(priv->ndev);
 
        if (cpsw_common_res_usage_state(priv) <= 1) {
+               cpts_unregister(priv->cpts);
                cpsw_intr_disable(priv);
                cpdma_ctlr_int_ctrl(priv->dma, false);
                cpdma_ctlr_stop(priv->dma);
                goto clean_runtime_disable_ret;
        }
        priv->regs = ss_regs;
-       priv->version = __raw_readl(&priv->regs->id_ver);
        priv->host_port = HOST_PORT_NUM;
 
+       /* Need to enable clocks with runtime PM api to access module
+        * registers
+        */
+       pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
+       priv->version = readl(&priv->regs->id_ver);
+       pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev);
+
        res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
        priv->wr_regs = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
        if (IS_ERR(priv->wr_regs)) {
                unregister_netdev(cpsw_get_slave_ndev(priv, 1));
        unregister_netdev(ndev);
 
-       cpts_unregister(priv->cpts);
-
        cpsw_ale_destroy(priv->ale);
        cpdma_chan_destroy(priv->txch);
        cpdma_chan_destroy(priv->rxch);