diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
index 963c31cd15416b69aacd5ae253e393f641de0e8a..595e3d5092c9566efdc54fe7438546e1f238c293 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
@@ -539,10 +539,6 @@ void omap_dm_timer_set_load(struct omap_dm_timer *timer, int autoreload,
 	omap_dm_timer_write_reg(timer, OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_REG, l);
 	omap_dm_timer_write_reg(timer, OMAP_TIMER_LOAD_REG, load);
 
-	/* REVISIT: hw feature, ttgr overtaking tldr? */
-	while (readl(timer->io_base + (OMAP_TIMER_WRITE_PEND_REG & 0xff)))
-		cpu_relax();
-
 	omap_dm_timer_write_reg(timer, OMAP_TIMER_TRIGGER_REG, 0);
 }