diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/dw_apb_timer_of.c b/drivers/clocksource/dw_apb_timer_of.c
index 45ba8aecc7298..b29d7cdadd82b 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/dw_apb_timer_of.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/dw_apb_timer_of.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void __init add_clocksource(struct device_node *source_timer)
 
 static u64 read_sched_clock(void)
 {
-	return __raw_readl(sched_io_base);
+	return ~__raw_readl(sched_io_base);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id sptimer_ids[] __initconst = {