diff --git a/hw/timer/imx_gpt.c b/hw/timer/imx_gpt.c
index 82bc73c..f034d65 100644
--- a/hw/timer/imx_gpt.c
+++ b/hw/timer/imx_gpt.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
     sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &s->iomem);
 
     bh = qemu_bh_new(imx_gpt_timeout, s);
-    s->timer = ptimer_init(bh);
+    s->timer = ptimer_init(bh, PTIMER_POLICY_DEFAULT);
 }
 
 static void imx_gpt_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)