diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-atmel-pit.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-atmel-pit.c
index 91cf047..6555821 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-atmel-pit.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-atmel-pit.c
@@ -152,15 +152,10 @@
 	/* The PIT interrupt may be disabled, and is shared */
 	if (clockevent_state_periodic(&data->clkevt) &&
 	    (pit_read(data->base, AT91_PIT_SR) & AT91_PIT_PITS)) {
-		unsigned nr_ticks;
-
 		/* Get number of ticks performed before irq, and ack it */
-		nr_ticks = PIT_PICNT(pit_read(data->base, AT91_PIT_PIVR));
-		do {
-			data->cnt += data->cycle;
-			data->clkevt.event_handler(&data->clkevt);
-			nr_ticks--;
-		} while (nr_ticks);
+		data->cnt += data->cycle * PIT_PICNT(pit_read(data->base,
+							      AT91_PIT_PIVR));
+		data->clkevt.event_handler(&data->clkevt);
 
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}