diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial_hs_lite.c b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial_hs_lite.c
index 9e1e3885abc..6e3982e919d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial_hs_lite.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial_hs_lite.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * drivers/serial/msm_serial.c - driver for msm7k serial device and console
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Google, Inc.
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
  * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
@@ -1007,6 +1007,10 @@ static void msm_hsl_power(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int state,
 		break;
 	case 3:
 		clk_en(port, 0);
+		ret = clk_set_rate(msm_hsl_port->clk, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			pr_err("%s(): Error setting UART clock rate to zero.\n",
+								__func__);
 		break;
 	default:
 		pr_err("%s(): msm_serial_hsl: Unknown PM state %d\n",