1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-spear/time.c b/arch/arm/plat-spear/time.c
index 0c77e4298675..abb5bdecd509 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-spear/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-spear/time.c
@@ -145,11 +145,13 @@ static void clockevent_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 static int clockevent_next_event(unsigned long cycles,
                                  struct clock_event_device *clk_event_dev)
 {
-        u16 val;
+        u16 val = readw(gpt_base + CR(CLKEVT));
+
+        if (val & CTRL_ENABLE)
+                writew(val & ~CTRL_ENABLE, gpt_base + CR(CLKEVT));
 
         writew(cycles, gpt_base + LOAD(CLKEVT));
 
-        val = readw(gpt_base + CR(CLKEVT));
         val |= CTRL_ENABLE | CTRL_INT_ENABLE;
         writew(val, gpt_base + CR(CLKEVT));