diff --git a/include/linux/sched/clock.h b/include/linux/sched/clock.h
index 9c36f07229660f204865350ab44ddfc3f1a796f8..a55600ffdf4b5c23210199c5335c5bc07b744518 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/clock.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/clock.h
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ extern u64 sched_clock_cpu(int cpu);
 extern void sched_clock_init(void);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
-static inline void sched_clock_init_late(void)
-{
-}
-
 static inline void sched_clock_tick(void)
 {
 }
@@ -53,7 +49,6 @@ static inline u64 local_clock(void)
 	return sched_clock();
 }
 #else
-extern void sched_clock_init_late(void);
 extern int sched_clock_stable(void);
 extern void clear_sched_clock_stable(void);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/clock.c b/kernel/sched/clock.c
index d4c2f89fac922b39bc697e7699f9c82468d76bdd..a2f847c6ada8d65e46b56cbdeeb8cc5b2c47cd4b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/clock.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/clock.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 
 /*
  * Scheduler clock - returns current time in nanosec units.
@@ -202,7 +203,11 @@ void clear_sched_clock_stable(void)
 		__clear_sched_clock_stable();
 }
 
-void sched_clock_init_late(void)
+/*
+ * We run this as late_initcall() such that it runs after all built-in drivers,
+ * notably: acpi_processor and intel_idle, which can mark the TSC as unstable.
+ */
+static int __init sched_clock_init_late(void)
 {
 	sched_clock_running = 2;
 	/*
@@ -216,7 +221,10 @@ void sched_clock_init_late(void)
 
 	if (__sched_clock_stable_early)
 		__set_sched_clock_stable();
+
+	return 0;
 }
+late_initcall(sched_clock_init_late);
 
 /*
  * min, max except they take wrapping into account
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 803c3bc274c4660bb672c2522331db967883aee4..5794f4acad151d8108e3e2efba5f4d64b72a9fe4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5984,7 +5984,6 @@ void __init sched_init_smp(void)
 	init_sched_dl_class();
 
 	sched_init_smt();
-	sched_clock_init_late();
 
 	sched_smp_initialized = true;
 }
@@ -6000,7 +5999,6 @@ early_initcall(migration_init);
 void __init sched_init_smp(void)
 {
 	sched_init_granularity();
-	sched_clock_init_late();
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */