diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
index 945d84fb1aa6..d44fb34df8fe 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
@@ -149,12 +149,14 @@ static int s3c_rtc_setfreq(struct s3c_rtc *info, int freq)
 	if (!is_power_of_2(freq))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	s3c_rtc_enable_clk(info);
 	spin_lock_irq(&info->pie_lock);
 
 	if (info->data->set_freq)
 		info->data->set_freq(info, freq);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&info->pie_lock);
+	s3c_rtc_disable_clk(info);
 
 	return 0;
 }