I was more thinking about fixing the correct thing, with something like:

----------- 8< ----------

diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index cf7720b9172f..50faafbf5dda 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c

@@ -5258,6 +5258,10 @@ of_clk_get_hw_from_clkspec(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec)
        if (!clkspec)
                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);

+       /* Check if node in clkspec is in disabled/fail state */
+       if (!of_device_is_available(clkspec->np))
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
        mutex_lock(&of_clk_mutex);
        list_for_each_entry(provider, &of_clk_providers, link) {
                if (provider->node == clkspec->np) {
----------- 8< ----------

Because right now the clk framework does not handle nodes in
failed/disabled state and would defer indefinitly.