diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
index ae6036300f603521ce2b59267fee71d5f668e589..9fc13a2cc3f4ed8031e78b40a3ada44993a78911 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ static void __init omap2_gp_clockevent_init(void)
 	clockevent_gpt.max_delta_ns =
 		clockevent_delta2ns(0xffffffff, &clockevent_gpt);
 	clockevent_gpt.min_delta_ns =
-		clockevent_delta2ns(1, &clockevent_gpt);
+		clockevent_delta2ns(3, &clockevent_gpt);
+		/* Timer internal resynch latency. */
 
 	clockevent_gpt.cpumask = cpumask_of(0);
 	clockevents_register_device(&clockevent_gpt);