diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6ac2d08e..af4de5035 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix docs.rs documentation builds (#1129)
 - Fix circular DMA (#1144)
 - Fix `hello_rgb` example for ESP32 (#1173)
+- Fix timer `now` for esp32c3 and esp32c6
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/esp-hal/src/timer.rs b/esp-hal/src/timer.rs
index 5aa5dbff4..dae0a11d2 100644
--- a/esp-hal/src/timer.rs
+++ b/esp-hal/src/timer.rs
@@ -420,8 +420,15 @@ where
     fn now(&self) -> u64 {
         let reg_block = unsafe { &*TG::register_block() };
 
+        #[cfg(not(any(esp32c3, esp32c6)))]
         reg_block.t0update().write(|w| unsafe { w.bits(0) });
 
+        #[cfg(any(esp32c3, esp32c6))]
+        {
+            reg_block.t0update().write(|w| w.update().set_bit());
+            while reg_block.t0update().read().update().bit_is_set() {}
+        }
+
         let value_lo = reg_block.t0lo().read().bits() as u64;
         let value_hi = (reg_block.t0hi().read().bits() as u64) << 32;