diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu-sun55i-a523-r.c b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu-sun55i-a523-r.c
index 70ce0ca0cb7d..fdcdcccd0939 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu-sun55i-a523-r.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu-sun55i-a523-r.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static SUNXI_CCU_GATE_HW(bus_r_ir_rx_clk, "bus-r-ir-rx",
 			 &r_apb0_clk.common.hw, 0x1cc, BIT(0), 0);
 
 static SUNXI_CCU_GATE_HW(bus_r_dma_clk, "bus-r-dma",
-			 &r_apb0_clk.common.hw, 0x1dc, BIT(0), 0);
+			 &r_apb0_clk.common.hw, 0x1dc, BIT(0), CLK_IS_CRITICAL);
 static SUNXI_CCU_GATE_HW(bus_r_rtc_clk, "bus-r-rtc",
 			 &r_apb0_clk.common.hw, 0x20c, BIT(0), 0);
 static SUNXI_CCU_GATE_HW(bus_r_cpucfg_clk, "bus-r-cpucfg",