diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx-tpm.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx-tpm.c
index 2fc6163eace3..6591f8f84ce8 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx-tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx-tpm.c
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ static int pwm_imx_tpm_apply_hw(struct pwm_chip *chip,
 		val |= FIELD_PREP(PWM_IMX_TPM_SC_PS, p->prescale);
 		writel(val, tpm->base + PWM_IMX_TPM_SC);
 
+		/*
+		 * if the counter is disabled (CMOD == 0), programming the new
+		 * period length (MOD) will not reset the counter (CNT). If
+		 * CNT.COUNT happens to be bigger than the new MOD value then
+		 * the counter will end up being reset way too late. Therefore,
+		 * manually reset it to 0.
+		 */
+		if (!cmod)
+			writel(0x0, tpm->base + PWM_IMX_TPM_CNT);
 		/*
 		 * set period count:
 		 * if the PWM is disabled (CMOD[1:0] = 2b00), then MOD register