diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx51-imx53.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx51-imx53.c
index d22ee6af3a77..2bc623b414c1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx51-imx53.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx51-imx53.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static void __init mx5_clocks_common_init(unsigned long rate_ckil,
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[ssi_ext1_gate], "ssi_ext1", NULL);
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[ssi_ext2_gate], "ssi_ext2", NULL);
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[sdma_gate], NULL, "imx35-sdma");
-	clk_register_clkdev(clk[cpu_podf], "cpu", NULL);
+	clk_register_clkdev(clk[cpu_podf], NULL, "cpufreq-cpu0.0");
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[iim_gate], "iim", NULL);
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[dummy], NULL, "imx2-wdt.0");
 	clk_register_clkdev(clk[dummy], NULL, "imx2-wdt.1");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c
index e2926a8863f8..ab24cc322111 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 
 static void __init imx51_dt_init(void)
 {
+	struct platform_device_info devinfo = { .name = "cpufreq-cpu0", };
+
 	of_platform_populate(NULL, of_default_bus_match_table, NULL, NULL);
+	platform_device_register_full(&devinfo);
 }
 
 static const char *imx51_dt_board_compat[] __initdata = {