diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
index 6a813f059c892c06d9b8f82eb30a0f6f5c6533f7..45d1aaa51b576d47a3610d6c04c1d8b90691cee3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void __init omap2_gp_timer_init(void)
 	BUG_ON(gptimer == NULL);
 
 	omap_dm_timer_set_source(gptimer, OMAP_TIMER_SRC_SYS_CLK);
-	tick_period = clk_get_rate(omap_dm_timer_get_fclk(gptimer)) / 100;
+	tick_period = clk_get_rate(omap_dm_timer_get_fclk(gptimer)) / HZ;
 	tick_period -= 1;
 
 	setup_irq(omap_dm_timer_get_irq(gptimer), &omap2_gp_timer_irq);