diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/time.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/time.c
index 9e0b106b4f5f..b21f7633d9a8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/time.c
@@ -361,13 +361,13 @@ static void __init davinci_timer_init(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* init timer hw */
-	timer_init();
-
 	timer_clk = clk_get(NULL, "timer0");
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(timer_clk));
 	clk_enable(timer_clk);
 
+	/* init timer hw */
+	timer_init();
+
 	davinci_clock_tick_rate = clk_get_rate(timer_clk);
 
 	/* setup clocksource */