diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
index 2f427271a793..292a668ce88e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2879,7 +2879,7 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_shared_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = mv643xx_eth_shared_of_probe(pdev);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto err_put_clk;
 	pd = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
 
 	msp->tx_csum_limit = (pd != NULL && pd->tx_csum_limit) ?
@@ -2887,6 +2887,11 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_shared_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	infer_hw_params(msp);
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_put_clk:
+	if (!IS_ERR(msp->clk))
+		clk_disable_unprepare(msp->clk);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int mv643xx_eth_shared_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)