diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c
index b4bf48c188fb2a13186d9dae055fcf7e9fc3742f..aa81593db1af9f054058f2c1ed87d295e15bbafd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ static int __init omap1_dm_timer_init(void)
 		}
 
 		pdata->set_timer_src = omap1_dm_timer_set_src;
-		pdata->needs_manual_reset = 1;
-		pdata->timer_capability = OMAP_TIMER_ALWON;
+		pdata->timer_capability = OMAP_TIMER_ALWON |
+				OMAP_TIMER_NEEDS_RESET;
 
 		ret = platform_device_add_data(pdev, pdata, sizeof(*pdata));
 		if (ret) {
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
index 7875eefd0474fe1959301f61868d172bc4d63610..e3e22b3dc5c24533cc12799cb5506c875cdf1dda 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ static void omap_dm_timer_reset(struct omap_dm_timer *timer)
 
 int omap_dm_timer_prepare(struct omap_dm_timer *timer)
 {
-	struct dmtimer_platform_data *pdata = timer->pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	int ret;
 
 	timer->fclk = clk_get(&timer->pdev->dev, "fck");
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ int omap_dm_timer_prepare(struct omap_dm_timer *timer)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (pdata->needs_manual_reset)
+	if (timer->capability & OMAP_TIMER_NEEDS_RESET)
 		omap_dm_timer_reset(timer);
 
 	ret = omap_dm_timer_set_source(timer, OMAP_TIMER_SRC_32_KHZ);
@@ -363,13 +362,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omap_dm_timer_start);
 int omap_dm_timer_stop(struct omap_dm_timer *timer)
 {
 	unsigned long rate = 0;
-	struct dmtimer_platform_data *pdata;
 
 	if (unlikely(!timer))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	pdata = timer->pdev->dev.platform_data;
-	if (!pdata->needs_manual_reset)
+	if (!(timer->capability & OMAP_TIMER_NEEDS_RESET))
 		rate = clk_get_rate(timer->fclk);
 
 	__omap_dm_timer_stop(timer, timer->posted, rate);
@@ -694,7 +691,7 @@ static int __devinit omap_dm_timer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	timer->capability = pdata->timer_capability;
 
 	/* Skip pm_runtime_enable for OMAP1 */
-	if (!pdata->needs_manual_reset) {
+	if (!(timer->capability & OMAP_TIMER_NEEDS_RESET)) {
 		pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 		pm_runtime_irq_safe(&pdev->dev);
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h
index e11c9ea7ec53569866fcc4cba5667de522ea304d..c039e84bca7e762b5532e0ddd6d4acdf4be489cf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #define OMAP_TIMER_SECURE				0x80000000
 #define OMAP_TIMER_ALWON				0x40000000
 #define OMAP_TIMER_HAS_PWM				0x20000000
+#define OMAP_TIMER_NEEDS_RESET				0x10000000
 
 struct omap_timer_capability_dev_attr {
 	u32 timer_capability;
@@ -90,7 +91,6 @@ struct timer_regs {
 
 struct dmtimer_platform_data {
 	int (*set_timer_src)(struct platform_device *pdev, int source);
-	u32 needs_manual_reset:1;
 	u32 timer_capability;
 };