diff --git a/drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c b/drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c
index 0da8334f2e43..9d79ff857d83 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ static struct clk_regmap meson8b_cpu_clk = {
 						  "cpu_scale_out_sel" },
 		.num_parents = 2,
 		.flags = (CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT |
-			  CLK_SET_RATE_NO_REPARENT),
+			  CLK_SET_RATE_NO_REPARENT |
+			  CLK_IS_CRITICAL),
 	},
 };