diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index f4db3a65bc79eec4e5012881c58bf8f1c7fdb38c..36e09141215143c8400e945c1436ea2c9e301f17 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ static void __arch_timer_setup(unsigned type,
 
 	clk->set_state_shutdown(clk);
 
-	clockevents_config_and_register(clk, arch_timer_rate, 0xf, 0x7fffffff);
+	clockevents_config_and_register(clk, arch_timer_rate, 0xf, CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(56));
 }
 
 static void arch_timer_evtstrm_enable(int divider)