diff --git a/drivers/clk/imx/clk-cpu.c b/drivers/clk/imx/clk-cpu.c
index ed1b7e97a0d35..a7b90059716ed 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/imx/clk-cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/imx/clk-cpu.c
@@ -75,13 +75,14 @@ static const struct clk_ops clk_cpu_ops = {
 	.set_rate	= clk_cpu_set_rate,
 };
 
-struct clk *imx_clk_cpu(const char *name, const char *parent_name,
+struct clk_hw *imx_clk_hw_cpu(const char *name, const char *parent_name,
 		struct clk *div, struct clk *mux, struct clk *pll,
 		struct clk *step)
 {
 	struct clk_cpu *cpu;
-	struct clk *clk;
+	struct clk_hw *hw;
 	struct clk_init_data init;
+	int ret;
 
 	cpu = kzalloc(sizeof(*cpu), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cpu)
@@ -99,10 +100,13 @@ struct clk *imx_clk_cpu(const char *name, const char *parent_name,
 	init.num_parents = 1;
 
 	cpu->hw.init = &init;
+	hw = &cpu->hw;
 
-	clk = clk_register(NULL, &cpu->hw);
-	if (IS_ERR(clk))
+	ret = clk_hw_register(NULL, hw);
+	if (ret) {
 		kfree(cpu);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
 
-	return clk;
+	return hw;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/clk/imx/clk.h b/drivers/clk/imx/clk.h
index f13770cb5cd30..2bbae81348d95 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/imx/clk.h
+++ b/drivers/clk/imx/clk.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ struct imx_pll14xx_clk {
 #define imx_clk_busy_mux(name, reg, shift, width, busy_reg, busy_shift, parent_names, num_parents) \
 	imx_clk_hw_busy_mux(name, reg, shift, width, busy_reg, busy_shift, parent_names, num_parents)->clk
 
+#define imx_clk_cpu(name, parent_name, div, mux, pll, step) \
+	imx_clk_hw_cpu(name, parent_name, div, mux, pll, step)->clk
+
 struct clk *imx_clk_pll14xx(const char *name, const char *parent_name,
 		 void __iomem *base, const struct imx_pll14xx_clk *pll_clk);
 
@@ -384,7 +387,7 @@ static inline struct clk_hw *imx_clk_hw_mux_flags(const char *name,
 				   reg, shift, width, 0, &imx_ccm_lock);
 }
 
-struct clk *imx_clk_cpu(const char *name, const char *parent_name,
+struct clk_hw *imx_clk_hw_cpu(const char *name, const char *parent_name,
 		struct clk *div, struct clk *mux, struct clk *pll,
 		struct clk *step);