diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/nomadik-mtu.c b/drivers/clocksource/nomadik-mtu.c
index f49a631d8f58..1cf3304652d6 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/nomadik-mtu.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/nomadik-mtu.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ static int __init nmdk_timer_init(void __iomem *base, int irq,
 {
 	unsigned long rate;
 	int ret;
+	int min_ticks;
 
 	mtu_base = base;
 
@@ -194,7 +195,8 @@ static int __init nmdk_timer_init(void __iomem *base, int irq,
 
 	/*
 	 * Tick rate is 2.4MHz for Nomadik and 2.4Mhz, 100MHz or 133 MHz
-	 * for ux500.
+	 * for ux500, and in one specific Ux500 case 32768 Hz.
+	 *
 	 * Use a divide-by-16 counter if the tick rate is more than 32MHz.
 	 * At 32 MHz, the timer (with 32 bit counter) can be programmed
 	 * to wake-up at a max 127s a head in time. Dividing a 2.4 MHz timer
@@ -230,7 +232,12 @@ static int __init nmdk_timer_init(void __iomem *base, int irq,
 		pr_err("%s: request_irq() failed\n", "Nomadik Timer Tick");
 	nmdk_clkevt.cpumask = cpumask_of(0);
 	nmdk_clkevt.irq = irq;
-	clockevents_config_and_register(&nmdk_clkevt, rate, 2, 0xffffffffU);
+	if (rate < 100000)
+		min_ticks = 5;
+	else
+		min_ticks = 2;
+	clockevents_config_and_register(&nmdk_clkevt, rate, min_ticks,
+					0xffffffffU);
 
 	mtu_delay_timer.read_current_timer = &nmdk_timer_read_current_timer;
 	mtu_delay_timer.freq = rate;