diff --git a/drivers/spi/atmel-quadspi.c b/drivers/spi/atmel-quadspi.c
index 976a217e356d..f480c7ae93fa 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/atmel-quadspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/atmel-quadspi.c
@@ -752,7 +752,11 @@ static int __maybe_unused atmel_qspi_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return clk_enable(aq->qspick);
+	ret = clk_enable(aq->qspick);
+	if (ret)
+		clk_disable(aq->pclk);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct dev_pm_ops __maybe_unused atmel_qspi_pm_ops = {