diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/common.c
index c9fef5b7c56e..b0f20c0c7d54 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/common.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void __init kirkwood_clk_init(void)
 	ge1 = kirkwood_register_gate("ge1",    CGC_BIT_GE1);
 	sata0 = kirkwood_register_gate("sata0",  CGC_BIT_SATA0);
 	sata1 = kirkwood_register_gate("sata1",  CGC_BIT_SATA1);
-	kirkwood_register_gate("usb0",   CGC_BIT_USB0);
+	usb0 = kirkwood_register_gate("usb0",   CGC_BIT_USB0);
 	kirkwood_register_gate("sdio",   CGC_BIT_SDIO);
 	kirkwood_register_gate("crypto", CGC_BIT_CRYPTO);
 	kirkwood_register_gate("xor0",   CGC_BIT_XOR0);
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ void __init kirkwood_clk_init(void)
 	orion_clkdev_add(NULL, "orion_wdt", tclk);
 	orion_clkdev_add("0", "sata_mv.0", sata0);
 	orion_clkdev_add("1", "sata_mv.0", sata1);
+	orion_clkdev_add(NULL, "orion-ehci.0", usb0);
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-orion.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-orion.c
index 6c6a5a3b4ea7..82de1073aa52 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-orion.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-orion.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/mbus.h>
+#include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <plat/ehci-orion.h>
 
 #define rdl(off)	__raw_readl(hcd->regs + (off))
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ static int __devinit ehci_orion_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *res;
 	struct usb_hcd *hcd;
 	struct ehci_hcd *ehci;
+	struct clk *clk;
 	void __iomem *regs;
 	int irq, err;
 
@@ -238,6 +240,14 @@ static int __devinit ehci_orion_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err2;
 	}
 
+	/* Not all platforms can gate the clock, so it is not
+	   an error if the clock does not exists. */
+	clk = clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
+	if (!IS_ERR(clk)) {
+		clk_prepare_enable(clk);
+		clk_put(clk);
+	}
+
 	hcd = usb_create_hcd(&ehci_orion_hc_driver,
 			&pdev->dev, dev_name(&pdev->dev));
 	if (!hcd) {
@@ -301,12 +311,18 @@ err1:
 static int __exit ehci_orion_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct usb_hcd *hcd = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct clk *clk;
 
 	usb_remove_hcd(hcd);
 	iounmap(hcd->regs);
 	release_mem_region(hcd->rsrc_start, hcd->rsrc_len);
 	usb_put_hcd(hcd);
 
+	clk = clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
+	if (!IS_ERR(clk)) {
+		clk_disable_unprepare(clk);
+		clk_put(clk);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }