1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-txx9.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-txx9.c
index 795cb8fb0d74..b5fc4eb412d2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-txx9.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-txx9.c
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ void __init txx9_tmr_init(unsigned long baseaddr)
         struct txx9_tmr_reg __iomem *tmrptr;
 
         tmrptr = ioremap(baseaddr, sizeof(struct txx9_tmr_reg));
+        /* Start once to make CounterResetEnable effective */
+        __raw_writel(TXx9_TMTCR_CRE | TXx9_TMTCR_TCE, &tmrptr->tcr);
+        /* Stop and reset the counter */
         __raw_writel(TXx9_TMTCR_CRE, &tmrptr->tcr);
         __raw_writel(0, &tmrptr->tisr);
         __raw_writel(0xffffffff, &tmrptr->cpra);