diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
index edead9c48d1f..216506eeef1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static void ipa_qtime_config(struct ipa *ipa)
 {
 	const struct reg *reg;
 	u32 offset;
-	u32 val;
+	u32 val = 0;
 
 	/* Timer clock divider must be disabled when we change the rate */
 	reg = ipa_reg(ipa, TIMERS_XO_CLK_DIV_CFG);
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ static void ipa_qtime_config(struct ipa *ipa)
 		val |= reg_bit(reg, DPL_TIMESTAMP_SEL);
 	}
 	/* Configure tag and NAT Qtime timestamp resolution as well */
-	val = reg_encode(reg, TAG_TIMESTAMP_LSB, TAG_TIMESTAMP_SHIFT);
-	val = reg_encode(reg, NAT_TIMESTAMP_LSB, NAT_TIMESTAMP_SHIFT);
+	val |= reg_encode(reg, TAG_TIMESTAMP_LSB, TAG_TIMESTAMP_SHIFT);
+	val |= reg_encode(reg, NAT_TIMESTAMP_LSB, NAT_TIMESTAMP_SHIFT);
 
 	iowrite32(val, ipa->reg_virt + reg_offset(reg));