diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
index 160061208868..7a327bd32521 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/clk.h>
+#include <linux/clk-provider.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -533,6 +534,12 @@ int omap_dm_timer_set_source(struct omap_dm_timer *timer, int source)
 	if (IS_ERR(timer->fclk))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_COMMON_CLK)
+	/* Check if the clock has configurable parents */
+	if (clk_hw_get_num_parents(__clk_get_hw(timer->fclk)) < 2)
+		return 0;
+#endif
+
 	switch (source) {
 	case OMAP_TIMER_SRC_SYS_CLK:
 		parent_name = "timer_sys_ck";