diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
index b04ea9b5ae67..dddaa60871b9 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 /* OMAP_RTC_OSC_REG bit fields: */
 #define OMAP_RTC_OSC_32KCLK_EN		BIT(6)
 #define OMAP_RTC_OSC_SEL_32KCLK_SRC	BIT(3)
+#define OMAP_RTC_OSC_OSC32K_GZ_DISABLE	BIT(4)
 
 /* OMAP_RTC_IRQWAKEEN bit fields: */
 #define OMAP_RTC_IRQWAKEEN_ALARM_WAKEEN	BIT(1)
@@ -786,8 +787,9 @@ static int omap_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 */
 	if (rtc->has_ext_clk) {
 		reg = rtc_read(rtc, OMAP_RTC_OSC_REG);
-		rtc_write(rtc, OMAP_RTC_OSC_REG,
-			  reg | OMAP_RTC_OSC_SEL_32KCLK_SRC);
+		reg &= ~OMAP_RTC_OSC_OSC32K_GZ_DISABLE;
+		reg |= OMAP_RTC_OSC_32KCLK_EN | OMAP_RTC_OSC_SEL_32KCLK_SRC;
+		rtc_writel(rtc, OMAP_RTC_OSC_REG, reg);
 	}
 
 	rtc->type->lock(rtc);