diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index eeabdc5a3dd2..0606e1bbd7b6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ config ARCH_EP93XX
 	select CPU_ARM920T
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GPIOLIB
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	help
 	  This enables support for the Cirrus EP93xx series of CPUs.
 
@@ -522,6 +523,7 @@ config ARCH_OMAP1
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_MULTI_HANDLER
 	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_IDE
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select NEED_MACH_IO_H if PCCARD
 	select NEED_MACH_MEMORY_H
diff --git a/arch/c6x/Kconfig b/arch/c6x/Kconfig
index e65e8d82442a..6444ebfd06a6 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/c6x/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config C6X
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.cpu
index 60ac1cd8b96f..bd2d29c22a10 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ config COLDFIRE
 	select CPU_HAS_NO_MULDIV64
 	select GENERIC_CSUM
 	select GPIOLIB
-	select HAVE_CLK
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 
 endchoice
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index e53a8dd5c19b..fcfbe98e6bb2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ config AR7
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550
 	select GPIOLIB
 	select VLYNQ
-	select HAVE_CLK
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	help
 	  Support for the Texas Instruments AR7 System-on-a-Chip
 	  family: TNETD7100, 7200 and 7300.
@@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ config BCM63XX
 	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
 	select SWAP_IO_SPACE
 	select GPIOLIB
-	select HAVE_CLK
 	select MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_4
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	help
 	  Support for BCM63XX based boards
 
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ config LANTIQ
 	select SWAP_IO_SPACE
 	select BOOT_RAW
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	select USE_OF
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PINCTRL_LANTIQ
diff --git a/arch/mips/loongson2ef/Kconfig b/arch/mips/loongson2ef/Kconfig
index 595dd48e1e4d..c9ec43afde73 100644
--- a/arch/mips/loongson2ef/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/loongson2ef/Kconfig
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ config LEMOTE_MACH2F
 	select CSRC_R4K if ! MIPS_EXTERNAL_TIMER
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	select GENERIC_ISA_DMA_SUPPORT_BROKEN
-	select HAVE_CLK
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	select FORCE_PCI
 	select I8259
 	select IRQ_MIPS_CPU
diff --git a/arch/mips/ralink/Kconfig b/arch/mips/ralink/Kconfig
index 94e9ce994494..1240e6e0c28d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ralink/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/ralink/Kconfig
@@ -27,18 +27,22 @@ choice
 	config SOC_RT288X
 		bool "RT288x"
 		select MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_4
+		select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 		select HAVE_PCI
 
 	config SOC_RT305X
 		bool "RT305x"
+		select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 
 	config SOC_RT3883
 		bool "RT3883"
+		select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 		select HAVE_PCI
 
 	config SOC_MT7620
 		bool "MT7620/8"
 		select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_VI
+		select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 		select HAVE_PCI
 
 	config SOC_MT7621
diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/Kconfig b/arch/sh/boards/Kconfig
index cee24c308337..fb0ca0c1efe1 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ config SOLUTION_ENGINE
 config SH_ALPHA_BOARD
 	bool
 
+config SH_CUSTOM_CLK
+	def_bool y
+	depends on !SH_DEVICE_TREE
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
+
 config SH_DEVICE_TREE
 	bool
 	select OF
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
index 41fe944005f8..11ba1839d198 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ config ARCH_PUV3
 	def_bool y
 	select CPU_UCV2
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
-	select HAVE_CLK
+	select HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	select GPIOLIB
 
 # CONFIGs for ARCH_PUV3
diff --git a/drivers/clk/Kconfig b/drivers/clk/Kconfig
index bcb257baed06..890bed62196d 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/clk/Kconfig
@@ -7,8 +7,18 @@ config CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 config HAVE_CLK_PREPARE
 	bool
 
-config COMMON_CLK
+config HAVE_LEGACY_CLK # TODO: Remove once all legacy users are migrated
 	bool
+	select HAVE_CLK
+	help
+	  Select this option when the clock API in <linux/clk.h> is implemented
+	  by platform/architecture code. This method is deprecated. Modern
+	  code should select COMMON_CLK instead and not define a custom
+	  'struct clk'.
+
+menuconfig COMMON_CLK
+	bool "Common Clock Framework"
+	depends on !HAVE_LEGACY_CLK
 	select HAVE_CLK_PREPARE
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select SRCU
@@ -20,8 +30,7 @@ config COMMON_CLK
 	  Architectures utilizing the common struct clk should select
 	  this option.
 
-menu "Common Clock Framework"
-	depends on COMMON_CLK
+if COMMON_CLK
 
 config COMMON_CLK_WM831X
 	tristate "Clock driver for WM831x/2x PMICs"
@@ -362,4 +371,4 @@ source "drivers/clk/ti/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/clk/uniphier/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/clk/zynqmp/Kconfig"
 
-endmenu
+endif
