diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-coldfire-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-coldfire-qspi.c
index 8996115ce736a..263ce90473277 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-coldfire-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-coldfire-qspi.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ static int mcfqspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mcfqspi_wr_qmr(mcfqspi, MCFQSPI_QMR_MSTR);
 
 	mcfqspi_cs_teardown(mcfqspi);
-	clk_disable(mcfqspi->clk);
+	clk_disable_unprepare(mcfqspi->clk);
 
 	return 0;
 }