diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
index cdcf1fe..868099a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/simplefb.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/clk-provider.h>
 
 static struct fb_fix_screeninfo simplefb_fix = {
 	.id		= "simple",
@@ -167,8 +168,103 @@ static int simplefb_parse_pd(struct platform_device *pdev,
 
 struct simplefb_par {
 	u32 palette[PSEUDO_PALETTE_SIZE];
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+	int clk_count;
+	struct clk **clks;
+#endif
 };
 
+/*
+ * Clock handling code.
+ *
+ * Here we handle the clocks property of our "simple-framebuffer" dt node.
+ * This is necessary so that we can make sure that any clocks needed by
+ * the display engine that the bootloader set up for us (and for which it
+ * provided a simplefb dt node), stay up, for the life of the simplefb
+ * driver.
+ *
+ * When the driver unloads, we cleanly disable, and then release the clocks.
+ *
+ * We only complain about errors here, no action is taken as the most likely
+ * error can only happen due to a mismatch between the bootloader which set
+ * up simplefb, and the clock definitions in the device tree. Chances are
+ * that there are no adverse effects, and if there are, a clean teardown of
+ * the fb probe will not help us much either. So just complain and carry on,
+ * and hope that the user actually gets a working fb at the end of things.
+ */
+static int
+simplefb_clocks_init(struct simplefb_par *par, struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
+	struct clk *clock;
+	int i, ret;
+
+	if (dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev) || !np)
+		return 0;
+
+	par->clk_count = of_clk_get_parent_count(np);
+	if (par->clk_count <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	par->clks = kcalloc(par->clk_count, sizeof(struct clk *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!par->clks)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < par->clk_count; i++) {
+		clock = of_clk_get(np, i);
+		if (IS_ERR(clock)) {
+			if (PTR_ERR(clock) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+				while (--i >= 0) {
+					if (par->clks[i])
+						clk_put(par->clks[i]);
+				}
+				kfree(par->clks);
+				return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			}
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: clock %d not found: %ld\n",
+				__func__, i, PTR_ERR(clock));
+			continue;
+		}
+		par->clks[i] = clock;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < par->clk_count; i++) {
+		if (par->clks[i]) {
+			ret = clk_prepare_enable(par->clks[i]);
+			if (ret) {
+				dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+					"%s: failed to enable clock %d: %d\n",
+					__func__, i, ret);
+				clk_put(par->clks[i]);
+				par->clks[i] = NULL;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+simplefb_clocks_destroy(struct simplefb_par *par)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+	int i;
+
+	if (!par->clks)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < par->clk_count; i++) {
+		if (par->clks[i]) {
+			clk_disable_unprepare(par->clks[i]);
+			clk_put(par->clks[i]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	kfree(par->clks);
+#endif
+}
+
 static int simplefb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -236,6 +332,10 @@ static int simplefb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	info->pseudo_palette = par->palette;
 
+	ret = simplefb_clocks_init(par, pdev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_unmap;
+
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "framebuffer at 0x%lx, 0x%x bytes, mapped to 0x%p\n",
 			     info->fix.smem_start, info->fix.smem_len,
 			     info->screen_base);
@@ -247,13 +347,15 @@ static int simplefb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = register_framebuffer(info);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to register simplefb: %d\n", ret);
-		goto error_unmap;
+		goto error_clocks;
 	}
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "fb%d: simplefb registered!\n", info->node);
 
 	return 0;
 
+error_clocks:
+	simplefb_clocks_destroy(par);
 error_unmap:
 	iounmap(info->screen_base);
 error_fb_release:
@@ -264,8 +366,10 @@ error_fb_release:
 static int simplefb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct simplefb_par *par = info->par;
 
 	unregister_framebuffer(info);
+	simplefb_clocks_destroy(par);
 	framebuffer_release(info);
 
 	return 0;
