diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 005dba8dd089..1ed85c849593 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7e55d0527e4925a49464a5b26fdabae1f7a91a77
+refs/heads/master: 120213728c6407398428a5692cfa5004b520b274
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/plat-spear/time.c b/trunk/arch/arm/plat-spear/time.c
index 0c77e4298675..abb5bdecd509 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/plat-spear/time.c
+++ b/trunk/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));