diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-msm6242.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-msm6242.c
index b1f2bedee77e..80e364baac53 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-msm6242.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-msm6242.c
@@ -88,28 +88,16 @@ static inline void msm6242_write(struct msm6242_priv *priv, unsigned int val,
 	__raw_writel(val, &priv->regs[reg]);
 }
 
-static inline void msm6242_set(struct msm6242_priv *priv, unsigned int val,
-			       unsigned int reg)
-{
-	msm6242_write(priv, msm6242_read(priv, reg) | val, reg);
-}
-
-static inline void msm6242_clear(struct msm6242_priv *priv, unsigned int val,
-				 unsigned int reg)
-{
-	msm6242_write(priv, msm6242_read(priv, reg) & ~val, reg);
-}
-
 static void msm6242_lock(struct msm6242_priv *priv)
 {
 	int cnt = 5;
 
-	msm6242_set(priv, MSM6242_CD_HOLD, MSM6242_CD);
+	msm6242_write(priv, MSM6242_CD_HOLD|MSM6242_CD_IRQ_FLAG, MSM6242_CD);
 
 	while ((msm6242_read(priv, MSM6242_CD) & MSM6242_CD_BUSY) && cnt) {
-		msm6242_clear(priv, MSM6242_CD_HOLD, MSM6242_CD);
+		msm6242_write(priv, MSM6242_CD_IRQ_FLAG, MSM6242_CD);
 		udelay(70);
-		msm6242_set(priv, MSM6242_CD_HOLD, MSM6242_CD);
+		msm6242_write(priv, MSM6242_CD_HOLD|MSM6242_CD_IRQ_FLAG, MSM6242_CD);
 		cnt--;
 	}
 
@@ -120,7 +108,7 @@ static void msm6242_lock(struct msm6242_priv *priv)
 
 static void msm6242_unlock(struct msm6242_priv *priv)
 {
-	msm6242_clear(priv, MSM6242_CD_HOLD, MSM6242_CD);
+	msm6242_write(priv, MSM6242_CD_IRQ_FLAG, MSM6242_CD);
 }
 
 static int msm6242_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)