diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-gpt.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-gpt.c
index 2d59038dec43..86c7eb66bdfb 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-gpt.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-gpt.c
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ void __init mxc_timer_init(unsigned long pbase, int irq, enum imx_gpt_type type)
 	BUG_ON(!imxtm->base);
 
 	imxtm->type = type;
+	imxtm->irq = irq;
 
 	_mxc_timer_init(imxtm);
 }