diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
index edad6721251f4d66b0774ac6df54fbb8ac2522f8..9b794775df537ac2975833d4117ec79758d181f5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
@@ -172,15 +172,16 @@ int asoc_simple_parse_clk(struct device *dev,
 	 *  or device's module clock.
 	 */
 	clk = devm_get_clk_from_child(dev, node, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(clk))
-		clk = devm_get_clk_from_child(dev, dlc->of_node, NULL);
-
 	if (!IS_ERR(clk)) {
-		simple_dai->clk = clk;
 		simple_dai->sysclk = clk_get_rate(clk);
-	} else if (!of_property_read_u32(node, "system-clock-frequency",
-					 &val)) {
+
+		simple_dai->clk = clk;
+	} else if (!of_property_read_u32(node, "system-clock-frequency", &val)) {
 		simple_dai->sysclk = val;
+	} else {
+		clk = devm_get_clk_from_child(dev, dlc->of_node, NULL);
+		if (!IS_ERR(clk))
+			simple_dai->sysclk = clk_get_rate(clk);
 	}
 
 	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "system-clock-direction-out"))