diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c b/drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c
index 2772c25f1d..d9e35c6a2b 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <watchdog.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <serial.h>
+#include <dm/device_compat.h>
 #include <dm/platform_data/serial_pl01x.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include "serial_pl01x_internal.h"
@@ -362,8 +363,18 @@ int pl01x_serial_ofdata_to_platdata(struct udevice *dev)
 	plat->clock = dev_read_u32_default(dev, "clock", CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK);
 	ret = clk_get_by_index(dev, 0, &clk);
 	if (!ret) {
-		clk_enable(&clk);
+		ret = clk_enable(&clk);
+		if (ret && ret != -ENOSYS) {
+			dev_err(dev, "failed to enable clock\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
+
 		plat->clock = clk_get_rate(&clk);
+		if (IS_ERR_VALUE(plat->clock)) {
+			dev_err(dev, "failed to get rate\n");
+			return plat->clock;
+		}
+		debug("%s: CLK %d\n", __func__, plat->clock);
 	}
 	plat->type = dev_get_driver_data(dev);
 	plat->skip_init = dev_read_bool(dev, "skip-init");