diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 955fc53c1c019e1c47acf52251bdb30fa36cceb1..4039a133006e8a2c0af987b99914334a6abac90f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ config ARCH_OMAP
 	bool "TI OMAP"
 	select GENERIC_GPIO
 	select GENERIC_TIME
+	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	help
 	  Support for TI's OMAP platform (OMAP1 and OMAP2).
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/time.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/time.c
index 237651ebae5da555be9e346b36f154400d9acaa7..572a2dbc72ab765ca3c4b2081071aaee9ddad420 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/time.c
@@ -132,13 +132,20 @@ static inline void omap_mpu_timer_start(int nr, unsigned long load_val,
 	timer->cntl = timerflags;
 }
 
+static inline void omap_mpu_timer_stop(int nr)
+{
+	volatile omap_mpu_timer_regs_t* timer = omap_mpu_timer_base(nr);
+
+	timer->cntl &= ~MPU_TIMER_ST;
+}
+
 /*
  * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * MPU timer 1 ... count down to zero, interrupt, reload
  * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int omap_mpu_set_next_event(unsigned long cycles,
-				    struct clock_event_device *evt)
+				   struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
 	omap_mpu_timer_start(0, cycles, 0);
 	return 0;
@@ -152,6 +159,7 @@ static void omap_mpu_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 		omap_mpu_set_autoreset(0);
 		break;
 	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT:
+		omap_mpu_timer_stop(0);
 		omap_mpu_remove_autoreset(0);
 		break;
 	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED:
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
index c1f7e5a819a3fdac417a4100902ed68fa4786090..b917206ee9068036f6e17570162595a16afbdf38 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ choice
 
 config ARCH_OMAP1
 	bool "TI OMAP1"
-	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 
 config ARCH_OMAP2
 	bool "TI OMAP2"