diff --git a/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mtk.c b/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mtk.c
index 2e55368dc4d8..bd37ab4d1a9b 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mtk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mtk.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include "clk-mtk.h"
@@ -494,6 +495,16 @@ static int __mtk_clk_simple_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 			return IS_ERR(base) ? PTR_ERR(base) : -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+
+	devm_pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
+	/*
+	 * Do a pm_runtime_resume_and_get() to workaround a possible
+	 * deadlock between clk_register() and the genpd framework.
+	 */
+	r = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(&pdev->dev);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
+
 	/* Calculate how many clk_hw_onecell_data entries to allocate */
 	num_clks = mcd->num_clks + mcd->num_composite_clks;
 	num_clks += mcd->num_fixed_clks + mcd->num_factor_clks;
@@ -574,6 +585,8 @@ static int __mtk_clk_simple_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 			goto unregister_clks;
 	}
 
+	pm_runtime_put(&pdev->dev);
+
 	return r;
 
 unregister_clks:
@@ -604,6 +617,8 @@ free_data:
 free_base:
 	if (mcd->shared_io && base)
 		iounmap(base);
+
+	pm_runtime_put(&pdev->dev);
 	return r;
 }