diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c
index cb62e214b52a..b60fd477778f 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ static int at91_rtc_suspend(struct device *dev)
 	/* this IRQ is shared with DBGU and other hardware which isn't
 	 * necessarily doing PM like we are...
 	 */
+	at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_SCCR, AT91_RTC_ALARM);
+
 	at91_rtc_imr = at91_rtc_read_imr()
 			& (AT91_RTC_ALARM|AT91_RTC_SECEV);
 	if (at91_rtc_imr) {