diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/samsung_pwm_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/samsung_pwm_timer.c
index 9f4bd6aa234369b70c435b4cec873892a5904d49..cb866156b8b0614779ebd93f0fb7b48163c16ed9 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/samsung_pwm_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/samsung_pwm_timer.c
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ static void __init samsung_clockevent_init(void)
 	pwm.clock_count_per_tick = clock_rate / HZ;
 
 	time_event_device.cpumask = cpumask_of(0);
-	clockevents_config_and_register(&time_event_device, clock_rate, 1, -1);
+	clockevents_config_and_register(&time_event_device,
+						clock_rate, 1, pwm.tcnt_max);
 
 	irq_number = pwm.irq[pwm.event_id];
 	setup_irq(irq_number, &samsung_clock_event_irq);