diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250.dtsi
index cdbdc4dfef22..19b910989189 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250.dtsi
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ timer {
 			     <1 14 0xf08>,
 			     <1 11 0xf08>,
 			     <1 10 0xf08>;
+		/* Unfortunately we need this since some versions of U-Boot
+		 * on Exynos don't set the CNTFRQ register, so we need the
+		 * value from DT.
+		 */
+		clock-frequency = <24000000>;
 	};
 
 	combiner:interrupt-controller@10440000 {