diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/etm.c b/arch/arm/kernel/etm.c
index 73b824acddf5b96c07d3dbb7cb63a5bc8b7b804d..58365530462fb066adbbf233c34a10c01abe54df 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/etm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/etm.c
@@ -360,13 +360,12 @@ static int __init etb_probe(struct amba_device *dev, struct amba_id *id)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unmap;
 
+	/* Get optional clock. Currently used to select clock source on omap3 */
 	t->emu_clk = clk_get(&dev->dev, "emu_src_ck");
-	if (IS_ERR(t->emu_clk)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(t->emu_clk))
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "Failed to obtain emu_src_ck.\n");
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	clk_enable(t->emu_clk);
+	else
+		clk_enable(t->emu_clk);
 
 	etb_unlock(t);
 	t->etb_bufsz = etb_readl(t, ETBR_DEPTH);
@@ -401,8 +400,10 @@ static int etb_remove(struct amba_device *dev)
 	iounmap(t->etb_regs);
 	t->etb_regs = NULL;
 
-	clk_disable(t->emu_clk);
-	clk_put(t->emu_clk);
+	if (!IS_ERR(t->emu_clk)) {
+		clk_disable(t->emu_clk);
+		clk_put(t->emu_clk);
+	}
 
 	amba_release_regions(dev);