diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
index 0e17a0d9690b7c1d189d15fbe65e209d5f2c4997..8fe75a81e12db2415edc74e4ec19b4d8e0091df0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
@@ -389,59 +389,6 @@ static void __init omap4_timer_init(void)
 OMAP_SYS_TIMER(4)
 #endif
 
-/**
- * omap2_dm_timer_set_src - change the timer input clock source
- * @pdev:	timer platform device pointer
- * @source:	array index of parent clock source
- */
-static int omap2_dm_timer_set_src(struct platform_device *pdev, int source)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct clk *fclk, *parent;
-	char *parent_name = NULL;
-
-	fclk = clk_get(&pdev->dev, "fck");
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fclk)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: %d: clk_get() FAILED\n",
-				__func__, __LINE__);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	switch (source) {
-	case OMAP_TIMER_SRC_SYS_CLK:
-		parent_name = "sys_ck";
-		break;
-
-	case OMAP_TIMER_SRC_32_KHZ:
-		parent_name = "32k_ck";
-		break;
-
-	case OMAP_TIMER_SRC_EXT_CLK:
-		parent_name = "alt_ck";
-		break;
-	}
-
-	parent = clk_get(&pdev->dev, parent_name);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(parent)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: %d: clk_get() %s FAILED\n",
-			__func__, __LINE__, parent_name);
-		clk_put(fclk);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	ret = clk_set_parent(fclk, parent);
-	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(ret)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: clk_set_parent() to %s FAILED\n",
-			__func__, parent_name);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	clk_put(parent);
-	clk_put(fclk);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /**
  * omap_timer_init - build and register timer device with an
  * associated timer hwmod
@@ -489,8 +436,6 @@ static int __init omap_timer_init(struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *unused)
 	 */
 	sscanf(oh->name, "timer%2d", &id);
 
-	pdata->set_timer_src = omap2_dm_timer_set_src;
-
 	if (timer_dev_attr)
 		pdata->timer_capability = timer_dev_attr->timer_capability;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
index 6510e5e7b7e3df10bd99fc68738125534ce94fd7..6a7088972c55e1b861092c5afbb7c777bcf632da 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
@@ -397,6 +397,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omap_dm_timer_stop);
 int omap_dm_timer_set_source(struct omap_dm_timer *timer, int source)
 {
 	int ret;
+	char *parent_name = NULL;
+	struct clk *fclk, *parent;
 	struct dmtimer_platform_data *pdata;
 
 	if (unlikely(!timer))
@@ -407,7 +409,49 @@ int omap_dm_timer_set_source(struct omap_dm_timer *timer, int source)
 	if (source < 0 || source >= 3)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = pdata->set_timer_src(timer->pdev, source);
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: Used for OMAP1 devices only because they do not currently
+	 * use the clock framework to set the parent clock. To be removed
+	 * once OMAP1 migrated to using clock framework for dmtimers
+	 */
+	if (pdata->set_timer_src)
+		return pdata->set_timer_src(timer->pdev, source);
+
+	fclk = clk_get(&timer->pdev->dev, "fck");
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fclk)) {
+		pr_err("%s: fck not found\n", __func__);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	switch (source) {
+	case OMAP_TIMER_SRC_SYS_CLK:
+		parent_name = "sys_ck";
+		break;
+
+	case OMAP_TIMER_SRC_32_KHZ:
+		parent_name = "32k_ck";
+		break;
+
+	case OMAP_TIMER_SRC_EXT_CLK:
+		parent_name = "alt_ck";
+		break;
+	}
+
+	parent = clk_get(&timer->pdev->dev, parent_name);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(parent)) {
+		pr_err("%s: %s not found\n", __func__, parent_name);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = clk_set_parent(fclk, parent);
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(ret))
+		pr_err("%s: failed to set %s as parent\n", __func__,
+			parent_name);
+
+	clk_put(parent);
+out:
+	clk_put(fclk);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h
index c039e84bca7e762b5532e0ddd6d4acdf4be489cf..19e7fa577bd0ad04eadcc4276d0de4f40039dadd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/dmtimer.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct timer_regs {
 };
 
 struct dmtimer_platform_data {
+	/* set_timer_src - Only used for OMAP1 devices */
 	int (*set_timer_src)(struct platform_device *pdev, int source);
 	u32 timer_capability;
 };