diff --git a/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l09.dtsi b/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l09.dtsi
index 78b08b5510f7..eb2a9e4ed90c 100644
--- a/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l09.dtsi
+++ b/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l09.dtsi
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-m33f";
 			reg = <0>;
 			device_type = "cpu";
-			clock-frequency = <DT_FREQ_M(64)>;
+			clocks = <&hfpll>;
 			#address-cells = <1>;
 			#size-cells = <1>;
 			itm: itm@e0000000 {
diff --git a/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l20.dtsi b/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l20.dtsi
index b8dbe0020f36..8d3ecc0aac56 100644
--- a/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l20.dtsi
+++ b/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l20.dtsi
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-m33f";
 			reg = <0>;
 			device_type = "cpu";
-			clock-frequency = <DT_FREQ_M(128)>;
+			clocks = <&hfpll>;
 			#address-cells = <1>;
 			#size-cells = <1>;
 			itm: itm@e0000000 {
diff --git a/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l_05_10_15.dtsi b/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l_05_10_15.dtsi
index 4f037a5b8a21..995a1bf23938 100644
--- a/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l_05_10_15.dtsi
+++ b/dts/common/nordic/nrf54l_05_10_15.dtsi
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-m33f";
 			reg = <0>;
 			device_type = "cpu";
-			clock-frequency = <DT_FREQ_M(128)>;
+			clocks = <&hfpll>;
 			#address-cells = <1>;
 			#size-cells = <1>;
 			itm: itm@e0000000 {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 			compatible = "nordic,vpr";
 			reg = <1>;
 			device_type = "cpu";
-			clock-frequency = <DT_FREQ_M(128)>;
+			clocks = <&hfpll>;
 			riscv,isa = "rv32emc";
 			nordic,bus-width = <32>;
 		};
diff --git a/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/CMakeLists.txt
index 9461966fdf7a..02849d937615 100644
--- a/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ if(DEFINED uicr_path)
 endif()
 
 if(CONFIG_SOC_NRF54L_CPUAPP_COMMON)
-	dt_prop(clock_frequency PATH "/cpus/cpu@0" PROPERTY "clock-frequency")
+	# Ideally, hfpll should taken as a phandle from clocks property from cpu but it
+	# seems that there is no such option in DT cmake functions. Assuming that nrf54l
+	# is using hfpll as CPU clock source (true for all existing devices).
+	dt_prop(clock_frequency PATH "/clocks/hfpll" PROPERTY "clock-frequency")
 	math(EXPR clock_frequency_mhz "${clock_frequency} / 1000000")
 	zephyr_compile_definitions("NRF_CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_MHZ=${clock_frequency_mhz}")
 endif()