diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc_perfmon.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc_perfmon.c
index 99278c99cc31..f1794e906351 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc_perfmon.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc_perfmon.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct event_port_ops {
  * @expires:		timer expire time in nano seconds
  * @num_mc:		number of MCS
  * @version:		Version information of llcc block
+ * @clk:		clock node to enable qdss
  */
 struct llcc_perfmon_private {
 	struct regmap *llcc_map;
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ struct llcc_perfmon_private {
 	ktime_t expires;
 	unsigned int num_mc;
 	unsigned int version;
+	struct clk *clock;
 };
 
 static inline void llcc_bcast_write(struct llcc_perfmon_private *llcc_priv,
@@ -500,6 +502,7 @@ static ssize_t perfmon_start_store(struct device *dev,
 	struct llcc_perfmon_private *llcc_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	uint32_t val = 0, mask_val;
 	unsigned long start;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (kstrtoul(buf, 0, &start))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -512,6 +515,12 @@ static ssize_t perfmon_start_store(struct device *dev,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
+		ret = clk_prepare_enable(llcc_priv->clock);
+		if (ret) {
+			mutex_unlock(&llcc_priv->mutex);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 		val = MANUAL_MODE | MONITOR_EN;
 		if (llcc_priv->expires) {
 			if (hrtimer_is_queued(&llcc_priv->hrtimer))
@@ -534,6 +543,10 @@ static ssize_t perfmon_start_store(struct device *dev,
 	mask_val = PERFMON_MODE_MONITOR_MODE_MASK |
 		PERFMON_MODE_MONITOR_EN_MASK;
 	llcc_bcast_modify(llcc_priv, PERFMON_MODE, val, mask_val);
+
+	if (!start)
+		clk_disable_unprepare(llcc_priv->clock);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&llcc_priv->mutex);
 	return count;
 }
@@ -1269,6 +1282,12 @@ static int llcc_perfmon_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	else if (val == LLCC_VERSION_2)
 		llcc_priv->version = REV_2;
 
+	llcc_priv->clock = devm_clk_get(pdev->dev.parent, "qdss_clk");
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(llcc_priv->clock)) {
+		pr_err("failed to get clock node\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(llcc_priv->clock);
+	}
+
 	result = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &llcc_perfmon_group);
 	if (result) {
 		pr_err("Unable to create sysfs group\n");