/* Force an update of the shadowed registers right now */
        ret = regmap_update_bits(rk808->regmap, RK808_RTC_CTRL_REG,
                                 BIT_RTC_CTRL_REG_RTC_GET_TIME,
-                                0);
+                                BIT_RTC_CTRL_REG_RTC_GET_TIME);
        if (ret) {
                dev_err(dev, "Failed to update bits rtc_ctrl: %d\n", ret);
                return ret;
        }
 
+       /*
+        * After we set the GET_TIME bit, the rtc time can't be read
+        * immediately. So we should wait up to 31.25 us, about one cycle of
+        * 32khz. If we clear the GET_TIME bit here, the time of i2c transfer
+        * certainly more than 31.25us: 16 * 2.5us at 400kHz bus frequency.
+        */
        ret = regmap_update_bits(rk808->regmap, RK808_RTC_CTRL_REG,
                                 BIT_RTC_CTRL_REG_RTC_GET_TIME,
-                                BIT_RTC_CTRL_REG_RTC_GET_TIME);
+                                0);
        if (ret) {
                dev_err(dev, "Failed to update bits rtc_ctrl: %d\n", ret);
                return ret;