#define DRIVER_NAME    "pxa2xx-mci"
 
 #define NR_SG  1
+#define CLKRT_OFF      (~0)
 
 struct pxamci_host {
        struct mmc_host         *mmc;
                unsigned long rate = host->clkrate;
                unsigned int clk = rate / ios->clock;
 
+               if (host->clkrt == CLKRT_OFF)
+                       clk_enable(host->clk);
+
                /*
                 * clk might result in a lower divisor than we
                 * desire.  check for that condition and adjust
                if (rate / clk > ios->clock)
                        clk <<= 1;
                host->clkrt = fls(clk) - 1;
-               clk_enable(host->clk);
 
                /*
                 * we write clkrt on the next command
                 */
        } else {
                pxamci_stop_clock(host);
-               clk_disable(host->clk);
+               if (host->clkrt != CLKRT_OFF) {
+                       host->clkrt = CLKRT_OFF;
+                       clk_disable(host->clk);
+               }
        }
 
        if (host->power_mode != ios->power_mode) {
        host->mmc = mmc;
        host->dma = -1;
        host->pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+       host->clkrt = CLKRT_OFF;
 
        host->clk = clk_get(&pdev->dev, "MMCCLK");
        if (IS_ERR(host->clk)) {