diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/simple-card.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/simple-card.txt
index c3cba600bf11..73bf314f7240 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/simple-card.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/simple-card.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ Optional CPU/CODEC subnodes properties:
 					  it can be specified via "clocks" if system has
 					  clock node (= common clock), or "system-clock-frequency"
 					  (if system doens't support common clock)
+					  If a clock is specified, it is
+					  enabled with clk_prepare_enable()
+					  in dai startup() and disabled with
+					  clk_disable_unprepare() in dai
+					  shutdown().
 
 Example 1 - single DAI link:
 
diff --git a/include/sound/simple_card.h b/include/sound/simple_card.h
index 9b0ac77177b6..1255ddb1d3e2 100644
--- a/include/sound/simple_card.h
+++ b/include/sound/simple_card.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct asoc_simple_dai {
 	unsigned int sysclk;
 	int slots;
 	int slot_width;
+	struct clk *clk;
 };
 
 struct asoc_simple_card_info {
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
index fb9240fdc9b7..cb3998d96cca 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
@@ -39,6 +39,37 @@ struct simple_card_data {
 #define simple_priv_to_link(priv, i) ((priv)->snd_card.dai_link + i)
 #define simple_priv_to_props(priv, i) ((priv)->dai_props + i)
 
+static int asoc_simple_card_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
+	struct simple_card_data *priv =	snd_soc_card_get_drvdata(rtd->card);
+	struct simple_dai_props *dai_props =
+		&priv->dai_props[rtd - rtd->card->rtd];
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = clk_prepare_enable(dai_props->cpu_dai.clk);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	
+	ret = clk_prepare_enable(dai_props->codec_dai.clk);
+	if (ret)
+		clk_disable_unprepare(dai_props->cpu_dai.clk);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void asoc_simple_card_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
+	struct simple_card_data *priv =	snd_soc_card_get_drvdata(rtd->card);
+	struct simple_dai_props *dai_props =
+		&priv->dai_props[rtd - rtd->card->rtd];
+
+	clk_disable_unprepare(dai_props->cpu_dai.clk);
+
+	clk_disable_unprepare(dai_props->codec_dai.clk);
+}
+
 static int asoc_simple_card_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				      struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params)
 {
@@ -58,6 +89,8 @@ static int asoc_simple_card_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 }
 
 static struct snd_soc_ops asoc_simple_card_ops = {
+	.startup = asoc_simple_card_startup,
+	.shutdown = asoc_simple_card_shutdown,
 	.hw_params = asoc_simple_card_hw_params,
 };
 
@@ -219,6 +252,7 @@ asoc_simple_card_sub_parse_of(struct device_node *np,
 		}
 
 		dai->sysclk = clk_get_rate(clk);
+		dai->clk = clk;
 	} else if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "system-clock-frequency", &val)) {
 		dai->sysclk = val;
 	} else {