diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/localtimer.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/localtimer.c
index f81ca7cbbc1f..6ba38f136199 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/localtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/localtimer.c
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 void __cpuinit local_timer_setup(struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
 	evt->irq = IRQ_LOCALTIMER;
-	twd_timer_setup(evt);
+	twd_timer_setup_scalable(evt, 2500000, 4);
 }