diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
index 0fc31d029e52224391dc419d96e9391aa38fff77..60e5a170c4d207f79da4943394ac3ad8d8afba57 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_global_timer.c
@@ -246,11 +246,12 @@ static void __init global_timer_of_register(struct device_node *np)
 	int err = 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * In r2p0 the comparators for each processor with the global timer
+	 * In A9 r2p0 the comparators for each processor with the global timer
 	 * fire when the timer value is greater than or equal to. In previous
 	 * revisions the comparators fired when the timer value was equal to.
 	 */
-	if ((read_cpuid_id() & 0xf0000f) < 0x200000) {
+	if (read_cpuid_part_number() == ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A9
+	    && (read_cpuid_id() & 0xf0000f) < 0x200000) {
 		pr_warn("global-timer: non support for this cpu version.\n");
 		return;
 	}