diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index b8a0e3d23698..92fc084203b7 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -3384,6 +3384,19 @@ static void clk_core_reparent_orphans_nolock(void)
 			__clk_set_parent_after(orphan, parent, NULL);
 			__clk_recalc_accuracies(orphan);
 			__clk_recalc_rates(orphan, 0);
+
+			/*
+			 * __clk_init_parent() will set the initial req_rate to
+			 * 0 if the clock doesn't have clk_ops::recalc_rate and
+			 * is an orphan when it's registered.
+			 *
+			 * 'req_rate' is used by clk_set_rate_range() and
+			 * clk_put() to trigger a clk_set_rate() call whenever
+			 * the boundaries are modified. Let's make sure
+			 * 'req_rate' is set to something non-zero so that
+			 * clk_set_rate_range() doesn't drop the frequency.
+			 */
+			orphan->req_rate = orphan->rate;
 		}
 	}
 }