diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/clock.c b/arch/mips/ath79/clock.c
index 3cfc5ecddddf..2e7378467c5c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/clock.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/clock.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static struct clk *__init ath79_add_sys_clkdev(
 	struct clk *clk;
 	int err;
 
-	clk = clk_register_fixed_rate(NULL, id, NULL, CLK_IS_ROOT, rate);
+	clk = clk_register_fixed_rate(NULL, id, NULL, 0, rate);
 	if (!clk)
 		panic("failed to allocate %s clock structure", id);