From Dave Johnson <djohnson+linuxmips@sw.starentnetworks.com>:
The timers need to be loaded with 1 less than the desired interval not
the interval itself.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
        /* Disable the timer and set up the count */
        __raw_writeq(0, IOADDR(A_SCD_TIMER_REGISTER(cpu, R_SCD_TIMER_CFG)));
 #ifdef CONFIG_SIMULATION
-       __raw_writeq(50000 / HZ,
+       __raw_writeq((50000 / HZ) - 1,
                     IOADDR(A_SCD_TIMER_REGISTER(cpu, R_SCD_TIMER_INIT)));
 #else
-       __raw_writeq(1000000 / HZ,
+       __raw_writeq((V_SCD_TIMER_FREQ / HZ) - 1,
                     IOADDR(A_SCD_TIMER_REGISTER(cpu, R_SCD_TIMER_INIT)));
 #endif