diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-ag5evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-ag5evm.c
index cd894a200d52148b08aa59e73cdbebc5edacf376..675660d951d093c021bd0e89f94bea879ad039e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-ag5evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-ag5evm.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <mach/common.h>
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
-#include <asm/mach/time.h>
 #include <asm/hardware/gic.h>
 #include <asm/hardware/cache-l2x0.h>
 #include <asm/traps.h>
@@ -600,17 +599,6 @@ static void __init ag5evm_init(void)
 	platform_add_devices(ag5evm_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(ag5evm_devices));
 }
 
-static void __init ag5evm_timer_init(void)
-{
-	sh73a0_clock_init();
-	shmobile_timer.init();
-	return;
-}
-
-struct sys_timer ag5evm_timer = {
-	.init	= ag5evm_timer_init,
-};
-
 MACHINE_START(AG5EVM, "ag5evm")
 	.map_io		= sh73a0_map_io,
 	.init_early	= sh73a0_add_early_devices,
@@ -618,5 +606,5 @@ MACHINE_START(AG5EVM, "ag5evm")
 	.init_irq	= sh73a0_init_irq,
 	.handle_irq	= gic_handle_irq,
 	.init_machine	= ag5evm_init,
-	.timer		= &ag5evm_timer,
+	.timer		= &shmobile_timer,
 MACHINE_END
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-kota2.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-kota2.c
index cfc5f413cf0f7d2c9e4dbdc4f07237c80b1d5a40..61c067294660f41d36dad57557459f30471a1701 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-kota2.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-kota2.c
@@ -513,17 +513,6 @@ static void __init kota2_init(void)
 	platform_add_devices(kota2_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(kota2_devices));
 }
 
-static void __init kota2_timer_init(void)
-{
-	sh73a0_clock_init();
-	shmobile_timer.init();
-	return;
-}
-
-struct sys_timer kota2_timer = {
-	.init	= kota2_timer_init,
-};
-
 MACHINE_START(KOTA2, "kota2")
 	.map_io		= sh73a0_map_io,
 	.init_early	= sh73a0_add_early_devices,
@@ -531,5 +520,5 @@ MACHINE_START(KOTA2, "kota2")
 	.init_irq	= sh73a0_init_irq,
 	.handle_irq	= gic_handle_irq,
 	.init_machine	= kota2_init,
-	.timer		= &kota2_timer,
+	.timer		= &shmobile_timer,
 MACHINE_END
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh73a0.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh73a0.c
index 988eeb3782c7441666d2d6bbdf4bb4d34029db69..b6a0734a738e472c684b949ce9029a095c03eed2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh73a0.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh73a0.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
+#include <asm/mach/time.h>
 
 static struct map_desc sh73a0_io_desc[] __initdata = {
 	/* create a 1:1 entity map for 0xe6xxxxxx
@@ -686,6 +687,12 @@ void __init sh73a0_add_standard_devices(void)
 			    ARRAY_SIZE(sh73a0_late_devices));
 }
 
+static void __init sh73a0_earlytimer_init(void)
+{
+	sh73a0_clock_init();
+	shmobile_earlytimer_init();
+}
+
 void __init sh73a0_add_early_devices(void)
 {
 	early_platform_add_devices(sh73a0_early_devices,
@@ -693,4 +700,7 @@ void __init sh73a0_add_early_devices(void)
 
 	/* setup early console here as well */
 	shmobile_setup_console();
+
+	/* override timer setup with soc-specific code */
+	shmobile_timer.init = sh73a0_earlytimer_init;
 }