diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
index 6d25e373e2464f030c95f20d86af39ef7c966689..945d84fb1aa6fd5db0f16da031e0a02d0f932629 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
@@ -565,8 +565,6 @@ static int s3c_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	s3c_rtc_setfreq(info, 1);
 
-	s3c_rtc_disable_clk(info);
-
 	return 0;
 
  err_nortc: