/* Alarm 0 (counter) */
 #define SUN6I_ALRM_COUNTER                     0x0020
-#define SUN6I_ALRM_CUR_VAL                     0x0024
+/* This holds the remaining alarm seconds on older SoCs (current value) */
+#define SUN6I_ALRM_COUNTER_HMS                 0x0024
 #define SUN6I_ALRM_EN                          0x0028
 #define SUN6I_ALRM_EN_CNT_EN                   BIT(0)
 #define SUN6I_ALRM_IRQ_EN                      0x002c
        struct sun6i_rtc_dev *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
        struct rtc_time *alrm_tm = &wkalrm->time;
        struct rtc_time tm_now;
-       time64_t time_now, time_set;
+       time64_t time_set;
+       u32 counter_val, counter_val_hms;
        int ret;
 
-       ret = sun6i_rtc_gettime(dev, &tm_now);
-       if (ret < 0) {
-               dev_err(dev, "Error in getting time\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
-
        time_set = rtc_tm_to_time64(alrm_tm);
-       time_now = rtc_tm_to_time64(&tm_now);
-       if (time_set <= time_now) {
-               dev_err(dev, "Date to set in the past\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
 
-       if ((time_set - time_now) > U32_MAX) {
-               dev_err(dev, "Date too far in the future\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
+       if (chip->flags & RTC_LINEAR_DAY) {
+               /*
+                * The alarm registers hold the actual alarm time, encoded
+                * in the same way (linear day + HMS) as the current time.
+                */
+               counter_val_hms = SUN6I_TIME_SET_SEC_VALUE(alrm_tm->tm_sec)  |
+                                 SUN6I_TIME_SET_MIN_VALUE(alrm_tm->tm_min)  |
+                                 SUN6I_TIME_SET_HOUR_VALUE(alrm_tm->tm_hour);
+               /* The division will cut off the H:M:S part of alrm_tm. */
+               counter_val = div_u64(rtc_tm_to_time64(alrm_tm), SECS_PER_DAY);
+       } else {
+               /* The alarm register holds the number of seconds left. */
+               time64_t time_now;
+
+               ret = sun6i_rtc_gettime(dev, &tm_now);
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       dev_err(dev, "Error in getting time\n");
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+
+               time_now = rtc_tm_to_time64(&tm_now);
+               if (time_set <= time_now) {
+                       dev_err(dev, "Date to set in the past\n");
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+               if ((time_set - time_now) > U32_MAX) {
+                       dev_err(dev, "Date too far in the future\n");
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+
+               counter_val = time_set - time_now;
        }
 
        sun6i_rtc_setaie(0, chip);
        writel(0, chip->base + SUN6I_ALRM_COUNTER);
+       if (chip->flags & RTC_LINEAR_DAY)
+               writel(0, chip->base + SUN6I_ALRM_COUNTER_HMS);
        usleep_range(100, 300);
 
-       writel(time_set - time_now, chip->base + SUN6I_ALRM_COUNTER);
+       writel(counter_val, chip->base + SUN6I_ALRM_COUNTER);
+       if (chip->flags & RTC_LINEAR_DAY)
+               writel(counter_val_hms, chip->base + SUN6I_ALRM_COUNTER_HMS);
        chip->alarm = time_set;
 
        sun6i_rtc_setaie(wkalrm->enabled, chip);