diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
index 89de1564950c..3ced07dc8f56 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Required properties:
 
 Optional properties:
 - dma-coherent      : Present if dma operations are coherent
+- clocks            : a list of phandle + clock specifier pairs
 
 Example:
         sata@ffe08000 {
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.h b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
index 64d1a99de5e4..c12862bd48ee 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 
 enum {
 	AHCI_MAX_PORTS		= 32,
+	AHCI_MAX_CLKS		= 3,
 	AHCI_MAX_SG		= 168, /* hardware max is 64K */
 	AHCI_DMA_BOUNDARY	= 0xffffffff,
 	AHCI_MAX_CMDS		= 32,
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ struct ahci_host_priv {
 	u32 			em_loc; /* enclosure management location */
 	u32			em_buf_sz;	/* EM buffer size in byte */
 	u32			em_msg_type;	/* EM message type */
-	struct clk		*clk;		/* Only for platforms supporting clk */
+	struct clk		*clks[AHCI_MAX_CLKS]; /* Optional */
 	void			*plat_data;	/* Other platform data */
 	/*
 	 * Optional ahci_start_engine override, if not set this gets set to the
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci_platform.c b/drivers/ata/ahci_platform.c
index 9302d8143393..8d5a9a7ce958 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci_platform.c
@@ -86,6 +86,60 @@ static struct scsi_host_template ahci_platform_sht = {
 	AHCI_SHT("ahci_platform"),
 };
 
+/**
+ * ahci_platform_enable_clks - Enable platform clocks
+ * @hpriv: host private area to store config values
+ *
+ * This function enables all the clks found in hpriv->clks, starting at
+ * index 0. If any clk fails to enable it disables all the clks already
+ * enabled in reverse order, and then returns an error.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * 0 on success otherwise a negative error code
+ */
+int ahci_platform_enable_clks(struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv)
+{
+	int c, rc;
+
+	for (c = 0; c < AHCI_MAX_CLKS && hpriv->clks[c]; c++) {
+		rc = clk_prepare_enable(hpriv->clks[c]);
+		if (rc)
+			goto disable_unprepare_clk;
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+disable_unprepare_clk:
+	while (--c >= 0)
+		clk_disable_unprepare(hpriv->clks[c]);
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ahci_platform_enable_clks);
+
+/**
+ * ahci_platform_disable_clks - Disable platform clocks
+ * @hpriv: host private area to store config values
+ *
+ * This function disables all the clks found in hpriv->clks, in reverse
+ * order of ahci_platform_enable_clks (starting at the end of the array).
+ */
+void ahci_platform_disable_clks(struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv)
+{
+	int c;
+
+	for (c = AHCI_MAX_CLKS - 1; c >= 0; c--)
+		if (hpriv->clks[c])
+			clk_disable_unprepare(hpriv->clks[c]);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ahci_platform_disable_clks);
+
+static void ahci_put_clks(struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv)
+{
+	int c;
+
+	for (c = 0; c < AHCI_MAX_CLKS && hpriv->clks[c]; c++)
+		clk_put(hpriv->clks[c]);
+}
+
 static int ahci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -96,6 +150,7 @@ static int ahci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv;
 	struct ata_host *host;
 	struct resource *mem;
+	struct clk *clk;
 	int irq;
 	int n_ports;
 	int i;
@@ -130,17 +185,31 @@ static int ahci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	hpriv->clk = clk_get(dev, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(hpriv->clk)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "can't get clock\n");
-	} else {
-		rc = clk_prepare_enable(hpriv->clk);
-		if (rc) {
-			dev_err(dev, "clock prepare enable failed");
-			goto free_clk;
+	for (i = 0; i < AHCI_MAX_CLKS; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * For now we must use clk_get(dev, NULL) for the first clock,
+		 * because some platforms (da850, spear13xx) are not yet
+		 * converted to use devicetree for clocks.  For new platforms
+		 * this is equivalent to of_clk_get(dev->of_node, 0).
+		 */
+		if (i == 0)
+			clk = clk_get(dev, NULL);
+		else
+			clk = of_clk_get(dev->of_node, i);
+
+		if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
+			rc = PTR_ERR(clk);
+			if (rc == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				goto free_clk;
+			break;
 		}
+		hpriv->clks[i] = clk;
 	}
 
+	rc = ahci_enable_clks(dev, hpriv);
+	if (rc)
+		goto free_clk;
+
 	/*
 	 * Some platforms might need to prepare for mmio region access,
 	 * which could be done in the following init call. So, the mmio
@@ -221,11 +290,9 @@ static int ahci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (pdata && pdata->exit)
 		pdata->exit(dev);
 disable_unprepare_clk:
-	if (!IS_ERR(hpriv->clk))
-		clk_disable_unprepare(hpriv->clk);
+	ahci_disable_clks(hpriv);
 free_clk:
-	if (!IS_ERR(hpriv->clk))
-		clk_put(hpriv->clk);
+	ahci_put_clks(hpriv);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -238,10 +305,8 @@ static void ahci_host_stop(struct ata_host *host)
 	if (pdata && pdata->exit)
 		pdata->exit(dev);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(hpriv->clk)) {
-		clk_disable_unprepare(hpriv->clk);
-		clk_put(hpriv->clk);
-	}
+	ahci_disable_clks(hpriv);
+	ahci_put_clks(hpriv);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
@@ -276,8 +341,7 @@ static int ahci_suspend(struct device *dev)
 	if (pdata && pdata->suspend)
 		return pdata->suspend(dev);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(hpriv->clk))
-		clk_disable_unprepare(hpriv->clk);
+	ahci_disable_clks(hpriv);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -289,13 +353,9 @@ static int ahci_resume(struct device *dev)
 	struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv = host->private_data;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(hpriv->clk)) {
-		rc = clk_prepare_enable(hpriv->clk);
-		if (rc) {
-			dev_err(dev, "clock prepare enable failed");
-			return rc;
-		}
-	}
+	rc = ahci_enable_clks(dev, hpriv);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 
 	if (pdata && pdata->resume) {
 		rc = pdata->resume(dev);
@@ -316,8 +376,7 @@ static int ahci_resume(struct device *dev)
 	return 0;
 
 disable_unprepare_clk:
-	if (!IS_ERR(hpriv->clk))
-		clk_disable_unprepare(hpriv->clk);
+	ahci_disable_clks(hpriv);
 
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/ahci_platform.h b/include/linux/ahci_platform.h
index 73a25005d88a..769d06525320 100644
--- a/include/linux/ahci_platform.h
+++ b/include/linux/ahci_platform.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 struct device;
 struct ata_port_info;
+struct ahci_host_priv;
 
 struct ahci_platform_data {
 	int (*init)(struct device *dev, void __iomem *addr);
@@ -30,4 +31,7 @@ struct ahci_platform_data {
 	unsigned int mask_port_map;
 };
 
+int ahci_platform_enable_clks(struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv);
+void ahci_platform_disable_clks(struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv);
+
 #endif /* _AHCI_PLATFORM_H */