diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-bulk.c b/drivers/clk/clk-bulk.c
index 4c10456f8a32..6904ed6da504 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk-bulk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-bulk.c
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ int __must_check clk_bulk_get(struct device *dev, int num_clks,
 		clks[i].clk = clk_get(dev, clks[i].id);
 		if (IS_ERR(clks[i].clk)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(clks[i].clk);
-			dev_err(dev, "Failed to get clk '%s': %d\n",
-				clks[i].id, ret);
+			if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				dev_err(dev, "Failed to get clk '%s': %d\n",
+					clks[i].id, ret);
 			clks[i].clk = NULL;
 			goto err;
 		}