diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl,spdif.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl,spdif.txt
index b5ee32ee3706..4ca39ddc0417 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl,spdif.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl,spdif.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ Required properties:
 			  Transceiver Clock Diagram" of SoC reference manual.
 			  It can also be referred to TxClk_Source bit of
 			  register SPDIF_STC.
+	"spba"		  The spba clock is required when SPDIF is placed as a
+			  bus slave of the Shared Peripheral Bus and when two
+			  or more bus masters (CPU, DMA or DSP) try to access
+			  it. This property is optional depending on the SoC
+			  design.
 
    - big-endian		: If this property is absent, the native endian mode
 			  will be in use as default, or the big endian mode
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c
index 3d59bb6719f2..fa36e6753799 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct spdif_mixer_control {
  * @rxclk: rx clock sources for capture
  * @coreclk: core clock for register access via DMA
  * @sysclk: system clock for rx clock rate measurement
+ * @spbaclk: SPBA clock (optional, depending on SoC design)
  * @dma_params_tx: DMA parameters for transmit channel
  * @dma_params_rx: DMA parameters for receive channel
  */
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ struct fsl_spdif_priv {
 	struct clk *rxclk;
 	struct clk *coreclk;
 	struct clk *sysclk;
+	struct clk *spbaclk;
 	struct snd_dmaengine_dai_dma_data dma_params_tx;
 	struct snd_dmaengine_dai_dma_data dma_params_rx;
 	/* regcache for SRPC */
@@ -474,6 +476,14 @@ static int fsl_spdif_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 			return ret;
 		}
 
+		if (!IS_ERR(spdif_priv->spbaclk)) {
+			ret = clk_prepare_enable(spdif_priv->spbaclk);
+			if (ret) {
+				dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to enable spba clock\n");
+				goto err_spbaclk;
+			}
+		}
+
 		ret = spdif_softreset(spdif_priv);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to soft reset\n");
@@ -515,6 +525,9 @@ disable_txclk:
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
 		clk_disable_unprepare(spdif_priv->txclk[i]);
 err:
+	if (!IS_ERR(spdif_priv->spbaclk))
+		clk_disable_unprepare(spdif_priv->spbaclk);
+err_spbaclk:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(spdif_priv->coreclk);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -548,6 +561,8 @@ static void fsl_spdif_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		spdif_intr_status_clear(spdif_priv);
 		regmap_update_bits(regmap, REG_SPDIF_SCR,
 				SCR_LOW_POWER, SCR_LOW_POWER);
+		if (!IS_ERR(spdif_priv->spbaclk))
+			clk_disable_unprepare(spdif_priv->spbaclk);
 		clk_disable_unprepare(spdif_priv->coreclk);
 	}
 }
@@ -1261,6 +1276,10 @@ static int fsl_spdif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(spdif_priv->coreclk);
 	}
 
+	spdif_priv->spbaclk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "spba");
+	if (IS_ERR(spdif_priv->spbaclk))
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "no spba clock in devicetree\n");
+
 	/* Select clock source for rx/tx clock */
 	spdif_priv->rxclk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "rxtx1");
 	if (IS_ERR(spdif_priv->rxclk)) {