diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250.dtsi
index 7d7cc777ff7b76099e8de5098a4a3a044a208ca9..bbac42a78ce543c2790a7943697afda1eba2e2aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250.dtsi
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ timer {
 			     <1 14 0xf08>,
 			     <1 11 0xf08>,
 			     <1 10 0xf08>;
+		/* Unfortunately we need this since some versions of U-Boot
+		 * on Exynos don't set the CNTFRQ register, so we need the
+		 * value from DT.
+		 */
+		clock-frequency = <24000000>;
 	};
 
 	mct@101C0000 {