diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/platsmp.c
index ce81d3031405..594b63db4215 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/platsmp.c
@@ -29,45 +29,40 @@
 #include "pmsu.h"
 #include "coherency.h"
 
+static struct clk *__init get_cpu_clk(int cpu)
+{
+	struct clk *cpu_clk;
+	struct device_node *np = of_get_cpu_node(cpu, NULL);
+
+	if (WARN(!np, "missing cpu node\n"))
+		return NULL;
+	cpu_clk = of_clk_get(np, 0);
+	if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(cpu_clk)))
+		return NULL;
+	return cpu_clk;
+}
+
 void __init set_secondary_cpus_clock(void)
 {
-	int thiscpu;
+	int thiscpu, cpu;
 	unsigned long rate;
-	struct clk *cpu_clk = NULL;
-	struct device_node *np = NULL;
+	struct clk *cpu_clk;
 
 	thiscpu = smp_processor_id();
-	for_each_node_by_type(np, "cpu") {
-		int err;
-		int cpu;
-
-		err = of_property_read_u32(np, "reg", &cpu);
-		if (WARN_ON(err))
-			return;
-
-		if (cpu == thiscpu) {
-			cpu_clk = of_clk_get(np, 0);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(cpu_clk)))
+	cpu_clk = get_cpu_clk(thiscpu);
+	if (!cpu_clk)
 		return;
 	clk_prepare_enable(cpu_clk);
 	rate = clk_get_rate(cpu_clk);
 
 	/* set all the other CPU clk to the same rate than the boot CPU */
-	for_each_node_by_type(np, "cpu") {
-		int err;
-		int cpu;
-
-		err = of_property_read_u32(np, "reg", &cpu);
-		if (WARN_ON(err))
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		if (cpu == thiscpu)
+			continue;
+		cpu_clk = get_cpu_clk(cpu);
+		if (!cpu_clk)
 			return;
-
-		if (cpu != thiscpu) {
-			cpu_clk = of_clk_get(np, 0);
-			clk_set_rate(cpu_clk, rate);
-		}
+		clk_set_rate(cpu_clk, rate);
 	}
 }