diff --git a/hw/rtc/pl031.c b/hw/rtc/pl031.c
index 837b0bdf9b..563bb4b446 100644
--- a/hw/rtc/pl031.c
+++ b/hw/rtc/pl031.c
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ static void pl031_write(void * opaque, hwaddr offset,
         g_autofree const char *qom_path = object_get_canonical_path(opaque);
         struct tm tm;
 
+        s->lr = value;
         s->tick_offset += value - pl031_get_count(s);
 
         qemu_get_timedate(&tm, s->tick_offset);