diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index f467d63bbf1eefdbc937a324eb477547d6deb5c6..566ee2c78709e344f7361ce5108f4f6d1d7b7f71 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -3418,6 +3418,14 @@ static int __clk_core_init(struct clk_core *core)
 
 	clk_prepare_lock();
 
+	/*
+	 * Set hw->core after grabbing the prepare_lock to synchronize with
+	 * callers of clk_core_fill_parent_index() where we treat hw->core
+	 * being NULL as the clk not being registered yet. This is crucial so
+	 * that clks aren't parented until their parent is fully registered.
+	 */
+	core->hw->core = core;
+
 	ret = clk_pm_runtime_get(core);
 	if (ret)
 		goto unlock;
@@ -3582,8 +3590,10 @@ static int __clk_core_init(struct clk_core *core)
 out:
 	clk_pm_runtime_put(core);
 unlock:
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		hlist_del_init(&core->child_node);
+		core->hw->core = NULL;
+	}
 
 	clk_prepare_unlock();
 
@@ -3847,7 +3857,6 @@ __clk_register(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np, struct clk_hw *hw)
 	core->num_parents = init->num_parents;
 	core->min_rate = 0;
 	core->max_rate = ULONG_MAX;
-	hw->core = core;
 
 	ret = clk_core_populate_parent_map(core, init);
 	if (ret)
@@ -3865,7 +3874,7 @@ __clk_register(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np, struct clk_hw *hw)
 		goto fail_create_clk;
 	}
 
-	clk_core_link_consumer(hw->core, hw->clk);
+	clk_core_link_consumer(core, hw->clk);
 
 	ret = __clk_core_init(core);
 	if (!ret)