1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c
index 3ac268fa419b..b91466861029 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static struct irqaction pxa_timer_irq = {
 static void __init pxa_timer_init(void)
 {
         struct timespec tv;
+        unsigned long flags;
 
         set_rtc = pxa_set_rtc;
 
@@ -132,12 +133,12 @@ static void __init pxa_timer_init(void)
         do_settimeofday(&tv);
 
         OIER = 0;               /* disable any timer interrupts */
-        OSCR = LATCH*2;         /* push OSCR out of the way */
-        OSMR0 = LATCH;          /* set initial match */
         OSSR = 0xf;             /* clear status on all timers */
         setup_irq(IRQ_OST0, &pxa_timer_irq);
+        local_irq_save(flags);
         OIER = OIER_E0;         /* enable match on timer 0 to cause interrupts */
-        OSCR = 0;               /* initialize free-running timer */
+        OSMR0 = OSCR + LATCH;   /* set initial match */
+        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_IDLE_HZ