diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
index 9c2f58895a16cd2021f45c245b61be6e8ff7f142..f1e3ec1c16e1e2b3c0caf458f491602aeb49836c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 /* MAX_GPTIMER_ID: number of GPTIMERs on the chip */
 #define MAX_GPTIMER_ID		12
 
-u32 sys_timer_reserved;
+static u32 sys_timer_reserved;
 
 /* Clockevent code */
 
@@ -463,6 +463,10 @@ static int __init omap_timer_init(struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *unused)
 	pdata->set_timer_src = omap2_dm_timer_set_src;
 	pdata->timer_ip_version = oh->class->rev;
 
+	/* Mark clocksource and clockevent timers as reserved */
+	if ((sys_timer_reserved >> (id - 1)) & 0x1)
+		pdata->reserved = 1;
+
 	od = omap_device_build(name, id, oh, pdata, sizeof(*pdata),
 			omap2_dmtimer_latency,
 			ARRAY_SIZE(omap2_dmtimer_latency),
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
index ac904c2ea058122d3d3e389f6e43a7eda5917a6c..c8df3c36b3adf02a5598dc78d085b12845535241 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ static int __devinit omap_dm_timer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	timer->id = pdev->id;
 	timer->irq = irq->start;
+	timer->reserved = pdata->reserved;
 	timer->pdev = pdev;
 
 	/* Skip pm_runtime_enable for OMAP1 */
@@ -517,6 +518,12 @@ static int __devinit omap_dm_timer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		pm_runtime_irq_safe(&pdev->dev);
 	}
 
+	if (!timer->reserved) {
+		pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
+		__omap_dm_timer_init_regs(timer);
+		pm_runtime_put(&pdev->dev);
+	}
+
 	/* add the timer element to the list */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dm_timer_lock, flags);
 	list_add_tail(&timer->node, &omap_timer_list);
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h
index 4e3a32609abf81a915203795e914c103e6911c14..29764c34f57196d4f1051ddac187b513fc4ba9b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct dmtimer_platform_data {
 	int (*set_timer_src)(struct platform_device *pdev, int source);
 	int timer_ip_version;
 	u32 needs_manual_reset:1;
+	bool reserved;
 };
 
 struct omap_dm_timer *omap_dm_timer_request(void);
@@ -248,7 +249,6 @@ struct omap_dm_timer {
 	struct list_head node;
 };
 
-extern u32 sys_timer_reserved;
 int omap_dm_timer_prepare(struct omap_dm_timer *timer);
 
 static inline u32 __omap_dm_timer_read(struct omap_dm_timer *timer, u32 reg,