diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c
index 66a9bb8..d26a5f8 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
 #include <mach/pxa-regs.h>
 #endif
 
-#define TIMER_FREQ		CLOCK_TICK_RATE
 #define RTC_DEF_DIVIDER		32768 - 1
 #define RTC_DEF_TRIM		0
 
 static unsigned long rtc_freq = 1024;
+static unsigned long timer_freq;
 static struct rtc_time rtc_alarm;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sa1100_rtc_lock);
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 	rtc_update_irq(rtc, rtc_timer1_count, RTC_PF | RTC_IRQF);
 
 	if (rtc_timer1_count == 1)
-		rtc_timer1_count = (rtc_freq * ((1<<30)/(TIMER_FREQ>>2)));
+		rtc_timer1_count = (rtc_freq * ((1 << 30) / (timer_freq >> 2)));
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 {
 	if (data & RTC_PF) {
 		/* interpolate missed periods and set match for the next */
-		unsigned long period = TIMER_FREQ/rtc_freq;
+		unsigned long period = timer_freq / rtc_freq;
 		unsigned long oscr = OSCR;
 		unsigned long osmr1 = OSMR1;
 		unsigned long missed = (oscr - osmr1)/period;
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	case RTC_PIE_ON:
 		spin_lock_irq(&sa1100_rtc_lock);
-		OSMR1 = TIMER_FREQ/rtc_freq + OSCR;
+		OSMR1 = timer_freq / rtc_freq + OSCR;
 		OIER |= OIER_E1;
 		rtc_timer1_count = 1;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&sa1100_rtc_lock);
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 	case RTC_IRQP_READ:
 		return put_user(rtc_freq, (unsigned long *)arg);
 	case RTC_IRQP_SET:
-		if (arg < 1 || arg > TIMER_FREQ)
+		if (arg < 1 || arg > timer_freq)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		rtc_freq = arg;
 		return 0;
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@
 {
 	struct rtc_device *rtc;
 
+	timer_freq = get_clock_tick_rate();
+
 	/*
 	 * According to the manual we should be able to let RTTR be zero
 	 * and then a default diviser for a 32.768KHz clock is used.