diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/clock_sun6i.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/clock_sun6i.h
index be9fcfda0e..9e22e15633 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/clock_sun6i.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/clock_sun6i.h
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ struct sunxi_ccm_reg {
 #define CCM_PLL11_PATTERN		0xf5860000
 
 /* ahb_reset0 offsets */
+#define AHB_RESET_OFFSET_OTG		24
 #define AHB_RESET_OFFSET_GMAC		17
 #define AHB_RESET_OFFSET_MCTL		14
 #define AHB_RESET_OFFSET_MMC3		11
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/clock.c
index e6f53f91e6..505f9178dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/clock.c
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ __weak void clock_init_sec(void)
 {
 }
 
+__weak void clock_init_quirk(void)
+{
+}
+
 __weak void gtbus_init(void)
 {
 }
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ int clock_init(void)
 #endif
 	clock_init_uart();
 	clock_init_sec();
+	clock_init_quirk();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/clock_sun6i.c b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/clock_sun6i.c
index ed8cd9bbb3..474c5a325d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/clock_sun6i.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/clock_sun6i.c
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ void clock_init_sec(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+void clock_init_quirk(void)
+{
+	/* without this quirk, the USB PHY cannot be used in Linux */
+#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_V3S
+       struct sunxi_ccm_reg * const ccm =
+               (struct sunxi_ccm_reg *)SUNXI_CCM_BASE;
+       setbits_le32(&ccm->ahb_gate0, 1 << AHB_GATE_OFFSET_USB0);
+       setbits_le32(&ccm->ahb_reset0_cfg, 1 << AHB_RESET_OFFSET_OTG);
+#endif
+}
+
 void clock_init_uart(void)
 {
 #if CONFIG_CONS_INDEX < 5