diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-xgene.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-xgene.c
index 2f741f455c30a9909706e25fe2a76d424cf66fb3..e360f8917556a669ae37f45ce0d057dcdb85657f 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-xgene.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-xgene.c
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ static int xgene_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* 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;
 
 	ret = rtc_register_device(pdata->rtc);
 	if (ret) {