diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
index 828cb9983cc2678685548ceae1320f2ee3e5f703..813d475fe7c6eebc1f0b3bcedc6016a99fcb0c6e 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
@@ -427,10 +427,12 @@ static int __init omap_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc);
 
-	/* clear pending irqs, and set 1/second periodic,
-	 * which we'll use instead of update irqs
+	/*
+	 * disable interrupts
+	 *
+	 * NOTE: ALARM2 is not cleared on AM3352 if rtc_write (writeb) is used
 	 */
-	rtc_write(0, OMAP_RTC_INTERRUPTS_REG);
+	rtc_writel(0, OMAP_RTC_INTERRUPTS_REG);
 
 	/* enable RTC functional clock */
 	if (id_entry->driver_data & OMAP_RTC_HAS_32KCLK_EN) {