diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-xgene.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-xgene.c
index cf68a9b1c9ebb..d3d0054e21fd0 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-xgene.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-xgene.c
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ static int xgene_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	/* HW does not support update faster than 1 seconds */
-	pdata->rtc->uie_unsupported = 1;
 	pdata->rtc->ops = &xgene_rtc_ops;
 	pdata->rtc->range_max = U32_MAX;