diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index c79b3bcc18e3..22c2a3c673c5 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -1198,6 +1198,10 @@ static void clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
 	hlist_for_each_entry(child, &core->children, child_node)
 		clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(child);
 
+	if (dev_has_sync_state(core->dev) &&
+	    !(core->flags & CLK_DONT_HOLD_STATE))
+		return;
+
 	if (core->prepare_count)
 		return;
 
@@ -1229,6 +1233,10 @@ static void clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
 	hlist_for_each_entry(child, &core->children, child_node)
 		clk_disable_unused_subtree(child);
 
+	if (dev_has_sync_state(core->dev) &&
+	    !(core->flags & CLK_DONT_HOLD_STATE))
+		return;
+
 	if (core->flags & CLK_OPS_PARENT_ENABLE)
 		clk_core_prepare_enable(core->parent);