diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra.c
index a907e71065bd..e9635c25eef4 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra.c
@@ -139,9 +139,17 @@ static int tegra_timer_setup(unsigned int cpu)
 	irq_force_affinity(to->clkevt.irq, cpumask_of(cpu));
 	enable_irq(to->clkevt.irq);
 
+	/*
+	 * Tegra's timer uses n+1 scheme for the counter, i.e. timer will
+	 * fire after one tick if 0 is loaded and thus minimum number of
+	 * ticks is 1. In result both of the clocksource's tick limits are
+	 * higher than a minimum and maximum that hardware register can
+	 * take by 1, this is then taken into account by set_next_event
+	 * callback.
+	 */
 	clockevents_config_and_register(&to->clkevt, timer_of_rate(to),
 					1, /* min */
-					0x1fffffff); /* 29 bits */
+					0x1fffffff + 1); /* max 29 bits + 1 */
 
 	return 0;
 }