diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
index b37e1fcbad56..9265e031fa2f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static void __init realtime_counter_init(void)
 	reg |= num;
 	__raw_writel(reg, base + INCREMENTER_NUMERATOR_OFFSET);
 
-	reg = __raw_readl(base + INCREMENTER_NUMERATOR_OFFSET) &
+	reg = __raw_readl(base + INCREMENTER_DENUMERATOR_RELOAD_OFFSET) &
 			NUMERATOR_DENUMERATOR_MASK;
 	reg |= den;
 	__raw_writel(reg, base + INCREMENTER_DENUMERATOR_RELOAD_OFFSET);