diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c
index 2e826f1faf7b39dd425116f6d202a9853b6674d1..87ba8dd0d7910c2072e2b22fa5f4a4f58f79fbc9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c
@@ -52,22 +52,29 @@ static u32 notrace omap_32k_read_sched_clock(void)
  * nsecs and adds to a monotonically increasing timespec.
  */
 static struct timespec persistent_ts;
-static cycles_t cycles, last_cycles;
+static cycles_t cycles;
 static unsigned int persistent_mult, persistent_shift;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(read_persistent_clock_lock);
+
 static void omap_read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 {
 	unsigned long long nsecs;
-	cycles_t delta;
-	struct timespec *tsp = &persistent_ts;
+	cycles_t last_cycles;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&read_persistent_clock_lock, flags);
 
 	last_cycles = cycles;
 	cycles = sync32k_cnt_reg ? __raw_readl(sync32k_cnt_reg) : 0;
-	delta = cycles - last_cycles;
 
-	nsecs = clocksource_cyc2ns(delta, persistent_mult, persistent_shift);
+	nsecs = clocksource_cyc2ns(cycles - last_cycles,
+					persistent_mult, persistent_shift);
+
+	timespec_add_ns(&persistent_ts, nsecs);
+
+	*ts = persistent_ts;
 
-	timespec_add_ns(tsp, nsecs);
-	*ts = *tsp;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&read_persistent_clock_lock, flags);
 }
 
 /**