diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
index d750f4977..4cf3beecd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int gk20a_channel_get_timescale_from_timeslice(struct gk20a *g,
 	struct gk20a_platform *platform = platform_get_drvdata(g->dev);
 	int value = scale_ptimer(timeslice_period,
 			ptimer_scalingfactor10x(platform->ptimer_src_freq));
-	int shift = 3;
+	int shift = 0;
 
 	/* value field is 8 bits long */
 	while (value >= 1 << 8) {