diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/time.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/time.c
index ff9bb67e28686a9ec4b54bb9aa474e7184e75757..c43f254481a3c8a9ee4fdb1ca6dd12c527bf4396 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/time.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int timer_init(void)
 	unsigned long temp;
 
 	/* reset */
-	asm volatile("li %0,0 ; mttbu %0 ; mttbl %0;"
+	asm volatile("li %0,0 ; mttbl %0 ; mttbu %0;"
 	     : "=&r"(temp) );
 
 	return (0);