diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-tpm.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-tpm.c
index cd23caf1e599..92c025b70eb6 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-tpm.c
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ static int tpm_set_next_event(unsigned long delta,
 	writel(next, timer_base + TPM_C0V);
 	now = tpm_read_counter();
 
+	/*
+	 * Need to wait CNT increase at least 1 cycle to make sure
+	 * the C0V has been updated into HW.
+	 */
+	if ((next & 0xffffffff) != readl(timer_base + TPM_C0V))
+		while (now == tpm_read_counter())
+			;
+
 	/*
 	 * NOTE: We observed in a very small probability, the bus fabric
 	 * contention between GPU and A7 may results a few cycles delay