diff --git a/drivers/clk/meson/gxbb.c b/drivers/clk/meson/gxbb.c
index 5fd6a574f8c3..0a68af6eec3d 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/meson/gxbb.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/meson/gxbb.c
@@ -957,7 +957,9 @@ static struct clk_regmap gxbb_sar_adc_clk = {
 
 /*
  * The MALI IP is clocked by two identical clocks (mali_0 and mali_1)
- * muxed by a glitch-free switch.
+ * muxed by a glitch-free switch. The CCF can manage this glitch-free
+ * mux because it does top-to-bottom updates the each clock tree and
+ * switches to the "inactive" one when CLK_SET_RATE_GATE is set.
  */
 
 static const struct clk_parent_data gxbb_mali_0_1_parent_data[] = {
@@ -980,14 +982,15 @@ static struct clk_regmap gxbb_mali_0_sel = {
 	.hw.init = &(struct clk_init_data){
 		.name = "mali_0_sel",
 		.ops = &clk_regmap_mux_ops,
-		/*
-		 * bits 10:9 selects from 8 possible parents:
-		 * xtal, gp0_pll, mpll2, mpll1, fclk_div7,
-		 * fclk_div4, fclk_div3, fclk_div5
-		 */
 		.parent_data = gxbb_mali_0_1_parent_data,
 		.num_parents = 8,
-		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_NO_REPARENT,
+		/*
+		 * Don't request the parent to change the rate because
+		 * all GPU frequencies can be derived from the fclk_*
+		 * clocks and one special GP0_PLL setting. This is
+		 * important because we need the MPLL clocks for audio.
+		 */
+		.flags = 0,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1004,7 +1007,7 @@ static struct clk_regmap gxbb_mali_0_div = {
 			&gxbb_mali_0_sel.hw
 		},
 		.num_parents = 1,
-		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_NO_REPARENT,
+		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1020,7 +1023,7 @@ static struct clk_regmap gxbb_mali_0 = {
 			&gxbb_mali_0_div.hw
 		},
 		.num_parents = 1,
-		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT,
+		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_GATE | CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1033,14 +1036,15 @@ static struct clk_regmap gxbb_mali_1_sel = {
 	.hw.init = &(struct clk_init_data){
 		.name = "mali_1_sel",
 		.ops = &clk_regmap_mux_ops,
-		/*
-		 * bits 10:9 selects from 8 possible parents:
-		 * xtal, gp0_pll, mpll2, mpll1, fclk_div7,
-		 * fclk_div4, fclk_div3, fclk_div5
-		 */
 		.parent_data = gxbb_mali_0_1_parent_data,
 		.num_parents = 8,
-		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_NO_REPARENT,
+		/*
+		 * Don't request the parent to change the rate because
+		 * all GPU frequencies can be derived from the fclk_*
+		 * clocks and one special GP0_PLL setting. This is
+		 * important because we need the MPLL clocks for audio.
+		 */
+		.flags = 0,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1057,7 +1061,7 @@ static struct clk_regmap gxbb_mali_1_div = {
 			&gxbb_mali_1_sel.hw
 		},
 		.num_parents = 1,
-		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_NO_REPARENT,
+		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1073,7 +1077,7 @@ static struct clk_regmap gxbb_mali_1 = {
 			&gxbb_mali_1_div.hw
 		},
 		.num_parents = 1,
-		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT,
+		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_GATE | CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1093,7 +1097,7 @@ static struct clk_regmap gxbb_mali = {
 		.ops = &clk_regmap_mux_ops,
 		.parent_hws = gxbb_mali_parent_hws,
 		.num_parents = 2,
-		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_NO_REPARENT,
+		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT,
 	},
 };