diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
index e5972b2c17b7..6adebf31ea69 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
@@ -495,8 +495,6 @@ static int __devinit s3c_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
  	pr_debug("s3c2410_rtc: RTCCON=%02x\n",
 		 readb(s3c_rtc_base + S3C2410_RTCCON));
 
-	s3c_rtc_setfreq(&pdev->dev, 1);
-
 	device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, 1);
 
 	/* register RTC and exit */
@@ -518,6 +516,9 @@ static int __devinit s3c_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	s3c_rtc_cpu_type = platform_get_device_id(pdev)->driver_data;
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc);
+
+	s3c_rtc_setfreq(&pdev->dev, 1);
+
 	return 0;
 
  err_nortc: