diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm.c
index 6787acac9a43..ae8777d03215 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm.c
@@ -1475,7 +1475,8 @@ static int omap_dm_timer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	timer->pdev = pdev;
 
-	if (timer->capability & OMAP_TIMER_ALWON && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(timer->fclk)) {
+	if (pdata->system_timer_capable &&
+	    timer->capability & OMAP_TIMER_ALWON && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(timer->fclk)) {
 		if (!omap_dm_timer_sched_clock_counter) {
 			ret = omap_dm_timer_setup_clocksource(timer);
 			if (ret)
@@ -1585,6 +1586,7 @@ static const struct dmtimer_platform_data omap3plus_pdata = {
 
 static const struct dmtimer_platform_data am6_pdata = {
 	.timer_ops = &dmtimer_ops,
+	.system_timer_capable = true,
 };
 
 static const struct of_device_id omap_timer_match[] = {
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/dmtimer-omap.h b/include/linux/platform_data/dmtimer-omap.h
index 726d89143842..b78ee4676b98 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/dmtimer-omap.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/dmtimer-omap.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ struct dmtimer_platform_data {
 	u32 timer_errata;
 	int (*get_context_loss_count)(struct device *);
 	const struct omap_dm_timer_ops *timer_ops;
+	/* always-on timers can be used for clocksource/clockevent */
+	bool system_timer_capable;
 };
 
 #endif /* __PLATFORM_DATA_DMTIMER_OMAP_H__ */