diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ptp.c
index 2e5daee0438a55891072595400d643bd8ad1340b..a3f8a2551f2dc0f86a06356be9c9e2cc16d7f71e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ptp.c
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ struct gianfar_ptp_registers {
 
 #define DRIVER		"gianfar_ptp"
 #define DEFAULT_CKSEL	1
-#define N_ALARM		1 /* first alarm is used internally to reset fipers */
 #define N_EXT_TS	2
 #define REG_SIZE	sizeof(struct gianfar_ptp_registers)
 
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ static struct ptp_clock_info ptp_gianfar_caps = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.name		= "gianfar clock",
 	.max_adj	= 512000,
-	.n_alarm	= N_ALARM,
+	.n_alarm	= 0,
 	.n_ext_ts	= N_EXT_TS,
 	.n_per_out	= 0,
 	.pps		= 1,