diff --git a/boards/riscv/hifive1/support/hifive1.resc b/boards/riscv/hifive1/support/hifive1.resc
index 113e30ec86f..e9aaa1be62d 100644
--- a/boards/riscv/hifive1/support/hifive1.resc
+++ b/boards/riscv/hifive1/support/hifive1.resc
@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@
 
 $name?="SiFive-FE310"
 
+set platform
+"""
+using "platforms/cpus/sifive-fe310.repl"
+
+clint:
+    frequency: 16000000
+"""
+
 using sysbus
 mach create $name
-machine LoadPlatformDescription @platforms/cpus/sifive-fe310.repl
+machine LoadPlatformDescriptionFromString $platform
 
 sysbus Tag <0x10008000 4> "PRCI_HFROSCCFG" 0xFFFFFFFF
 sysbus Tag <0x10008008 4> "PRCI_PLLCFG" 0xFFFFFFFF
diff --git a/drivers/timer/Kconfig.riscv_machine b/drivers/timer/Kconfig.riscv_machine
index fa67b2bee39..262126d43c8 100644
--- a/drivers/timer/Kconfig.riscv_machine
+++ b/drivers/timer/Kconfig.riscv_machine
@@ -28,3 +28,11 @@ config RISCV_MACHINE_TIMER_SYSTEM_CLOCK_DIVIDER
 	  The division ratio should define in devicetree,
 	  and it is desirable usage that references it with using a function such as
 	  dt_node_int_prop_int from Kconfig. (Tune in the conf file is not preferable.)
+
+config RISCV_MACHINE_TIMER_MIN_DELAY
+	int
+	default 100
+	help
+	  Specifies the minimum number of machine cycles before the RISC-V machine
+	  time compare register is allowed to be updated by the RISC-V machine timer
+	  driver.
diff --git a/drivers/timer/riscv_machine_timer.c b/drivers/timer/riscv_machine_timer.c
index f8e55426375..39d20bf3088 100644
--- a/drivers/timer/riscv_machine_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/timer/riscv_machine_timer.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 				 / (uint64_t)CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_TICKS_PER_SEC))
 #define MAX_CYC INT_MAX
 #define MAX_TICKS ((MAX_CYC - CYC_PER_TICK) / CYC_PER_TICK)
-#define MIN_DELAY 1000
+#define MIN_DELAY CONFIG_RISCV_MACHINE_TIMER_MIN_DELAY
 
 #define TICKLESS IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TICKLESS_KERNEL)
 
diff --git a/soc/riscv/riscv-privilege/sifive-freedom/Kconfig.defconfig.series b/soc/riscv/riscv-privilege/sifive-freedom/Kconfig.defconfig.series
index 59c47394ad4..0c3cd541773 100644
--- a/soc/riscv/riscv-privilege/sifive-freedom/Kconfig.defconfig.series
+++ b/soc/riscv/riscv-privilege/sifive-freedom/Kconfig.defconfig.series
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config SOC_SERIES
 	default "sifive-freedom"
 
 config SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC
-	default 320000
+	default 32768
 
 config RISCV_SOC_INTERRUPT_INIT
 	default y