diff --git a/libc/src/time/gpu/time_utils.h b/libc/src/time/gpu/time_utils.h
index 53548181e17e2..f56179f29a567 100644
--- a/libc/src/time/gpu/time_utils.h
+++ b/libc/src/time/gpu/time_utils.h
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ constexpr uint64_t clock_freq = 25000000;
 constexpr uint64_t clock_freq = 0;
 #endif
 
-// We provide an externally visible symbol such that the runtime can set this to
-// the correct value. If it is not set we try to default to the known values.
+// We provide an externally visible symbol such that the runtime can set
+// this to the correct value. If it is not set we try to default to the
+// known values.
 extern "C" [[gnu::visibility("protected")]] uint64_t
-    [[clang::address_space(4)]] __llvm_libc_clock_freq;
+    [[clang::address_space(4)]] __llvm_libc_clock_freq = clock_freq;
 #define GPU_CLOCKS_PER_SEC static_cast<clock_t>(__llvm_libc_clock_freq)
 
 #elif defined(LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_NVPTX)