diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/system.c b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/system.c
index 3599bf2cfd4f..f30dcacbbd0a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/system.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/system.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void mxc_restart(char mode, const char *cmd)
 
 		clk = clk_get_sys("imx2-wdt.0", NULL);
 		if (!IS_ERR(clk))
-			clk_enable(clk);
+			clk_prepare_enable(clk);
 		wcr_enable = (1 << 2);
 	}