diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/qcom-apcs-ipc-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/qcom-apcs-ipc-mailbox.c
index f24c5ad8d658..16d107139573 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/qcom-apcs-ipc-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/qcom-apcs-ipc-mailbox.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int qcom_apcs_ipc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (apcs_data->clk_name) {
 		apcs->clk = platform_device_register_data(&pdev->dev,
 							  apcs_data->clk_name,
-							  PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE,
+							  PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO,
 							  NULL, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(apcs->clk))
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register APCS clk\n");