diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
index 17454ca653f4..0e731d797a2a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
@@ -166,8 +166,12 @@ static int davinci_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	davinci_wdt->clk = devm_clk_get(dev, NULL);
-	if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(davinci_wdt->clk)))
+
+	if (IS_ERR(davinci_wdt->clk)) {
+		if (PTR_ERR(davinci_wdt->clk) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get clock node\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(davinci_wdt->clk);
+	}
 
 	clk_prepare_enable(davinci_wdt->clk);