diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
index 8a1b5e0bad40..cc24c95b77e5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ static struct clockdomain *_get_clkdm(struct omap_hwmod *oh)
 	if (oh->clkdm) {
 		return oh->clkdm;
 	} else if (oh->_clk) {
+		if (__clk_get_flags(oh->_clk) & CLK_IS_BASIC)
+			return NULL;
 		clk = to_clk_hw_omap(__clk_get_hw(oh->_clk));
 		return  clk->clkdm;
 	}