diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
index 595e3d5092c9..e4f0ce04ba92 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
@@ -549,14 +549,15 @@ void omap_dm_timer_set_load_start(struct omap_dm_timer *timer, int autoreload,
 	u32 l;
 
 	l = omap_dm_timer_read_reg(timer, OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_REG);
-	if (autoreload)
+	if (autoreload) {
 		l |= OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_AR;
-	else
+		omap_dm_timer_write_reg(timer, OMAP_TIMER_LOAD_REG, load);
+	} else {
 		l &= ~OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_AR;
+	}
 	l |= OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_ST;
 
 	omap_dm_timer_write_reg(timer, OMAP_TIMER_COUNTER_REG, load);
-	omap_dm_timer_write_reg(timer, OMAP_TIMER_LOAD_REG, load);
 	omap_dm_timer_write_reg(timer, OMAP_TIMER_CTRL_REG, l);
 }