diff --git a/drivers/clk/imx/clk.c b/drivers/clk/imx/clk.c
index df12b5307175..a634b1185be3 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/imx/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/imx/clk.c
@@ -73,3 +73,41 @@ void imx_cscmr1_fixup(u32 *val)
 	*val ^= CSCMR1_FIXUP;
 	return;
 }
+
+static int imx_keep_uart_clocks __initdata;
+static struct clk ** const *imx_uart_clocks __initdata;
+
+static int __init imx_keep_uart_clocks_param(char *str)
+{
+	imx_keep_uart_clocks = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+__setup_param("earlycon", imx_keep_uart_earlycon,
+	      imx_keep_uart_clocks_param, 0);
+__setup_param("earlyprintk", imx_keep_uart_earlyprintk,
+	      imx_keep_uart_clocks_param, 0);
+
+void __init imx_register_uart_clocks(struct clk ** const clks[])
+{
+	if (imx_keep_uart_clocks) {
+		int i;
+
+		imx_uart_clocks = clks;
+		for (i = 0; imx_uart_clocks[i]; i++)
+			clk_prepare_enable(*imx_uart_clocks[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+static int __init imx_clk_disable_uart(void)
+{
+	if (imx_keep_uart_clocks && imx_uart_clocks) {
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; imx_uart_clocks[i]; i++)
+			clk_disable_unprepare(*imx_uart_clocks[i]);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall_sync(imx_clk_disable_uart);
diff --git a/drivers/clk/imx/clk.h b/drivers/clk/imx/clk.h
index 1049b0c7d818..c94ac5c26226 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/imx/clk.h
+++ b/drivers/clk/imx/clk.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 extern spinlock_t imx_ccm_lock;
 
 void imx_check_clocks(struct clk *clks[], unsigned int count);
+void imx_register_uart_clocks(struct clk ** const clks[]);
 
 extern void imx_cscmr1_fixup(u32 *val);