diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 895b3d204e22..e1a192240055 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -2539,24 +2539,99 @@ const char *of_clk_get_parent_name(struct device_node *np, int index)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_clk_get_parent_name);
 
+struct clock_provider {
+	of_clk_init_cb_t clk_init_cb;
+	struct device_node *np;
+	struct list_head node;
+};
+
+static LIST_HEAD(clk_provider_list);
+
+/*
+ * This function looks for a parent clock. If there is one, then it
+ * checks that the provider for this parent clock was initialized, in
+ * this case the parent clock will be ready.
+ */
+static int parent_ready(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+
+	while (true) {
+		struct clk *clk = of_clk_get(np, i);
+
+		/* this parent is ready we can check the next one */
+		if (!IS_ERR(clk)) {
+			clk_put(clk);
+			i++;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* at least one parent is not ready, we exit now */
+		if (PTR_ERR(clk) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			return 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * Here we make assumption that the device tree is
+		 * written correctly. So an error means that there is
+		 * no more parent. As we didn't exit yet, then the
+		 * previous parent are ready. If there is no clock
+		 * parent, no need to wait for them, then we can
+		 * consider their absence as being ready
+		 */
+		return 1;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * of_clk_init() - Scan and init clock providers from the DT
  * @matches: array of compatible values and init functions for providers.
  *
- * This function scans the device tree for matching clock providers and
- * calls their initialization functions
+ * This function scans the device tree for matching clock providers
+ * and calls their initialization functions. It also do it by trying
+ * to follow the dependencies.
  */
 void __init of_clk_init(const struct of_device_id *matches)
 {
 	const struct of_device_id *match;
 	struct device_node *np;
+	struct clock_provider *clk_provider, *next;
+	bool is_init_done;
+	bool force = false;
 
 	if (!matches)
 		matches = &__clk_of_table;
 
+	/* First prepare the list of the clocks providers */
 	for_each_matching_node_and_match(np, matches, &match) {
-		of_clk_init_cb_t clk_init_cb = match->data;
-		clk_init_cb(np);
+		struct clock_provider *parent =
+			kzalloc(sizeof(struct clock_provider),	GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		parent->clk_init_cb = match->data;
+		parent->np = np;
+		list_add(&parent->node, &clk_provider_list);
+	}
+
+	while (!list_empty(&clk_provider_list)) {
+		is_init_done = false;
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(clk_provider, next,
+					&clk_provider_list, node) {
+			if (force || parent_ready(clk_provider->np)) {
+				clk_provider->clk_init_cb(clk_provider->np);
+				list_del(&clk_provider->node);
+				kfree(clk_provider);
+				is_init_done = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We didn't managed to initialize any of the
+		 * remaining providers during the last loop, so now we
+		 * initialize all the remaining ones unconditionally
+		 * in case the clock parent was not mandatory
+		 */
+		if (!is_init_done)
+			force = true;
+
 	}
 }
 #endif