diff --git a/drivers/clk/ralink/clk-mt7621.c b/drivers/clk/ralink/clk-mt7621.c
index 857da1e274be9..a2c045390f008 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/ralink/clk-mt7621.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/ralink/clk-mt7621.c
@@ -131,14 +131,7 @@ static int mt7621_gate_ops_init(struct device *dev,
 				struct mt7621_gate *sclk)
 {
 	struct clk_init_data init = {
-		/*
-		 * Until now no clock driver existed so
-		 * these SoC drivers are not prepared
-		 * yet for the clock. We don't want kernel to
-		 * disable anything so we add CLK_IS_CRITICAL
-		 * flag here.
-		 */
-		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT | CLK_IS_CRITICAL,
+		.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT,
 		.num_parents = 1,
 		.parent_names = &sclk->parent_name,
 		.ops = &mt7621_gate_ops,