diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
index e9640728239b..cf1de7d2630d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ static void __init omap2_gp_clocksource_init(int gptimer_id,
 	pr_info("OMAP clocksource: GPTIMER%d at %lu Hz\n",
 		gptimer_id, clksrc.rate);
 
-	__omap_dm_timer_load_start(clksrc.io_base, OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_ST, 0, 1);
+	__omap_dm_timer_load_start(clksrc.io_base,
+			OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_ST | OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_AR, 0, 1);
 	init_sched_clock(&cd, dmtimer_update_sched_clock, 32, clksrc.rate);
 
 	if (clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_gpt, clksrc.rate))