diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/time.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/time.h
index 0f79e4dec7f98ccddb8429a1e6b262ca146c0d38..4ac3a019a46fe50c3d73376cfa9f9bfdd028a4d8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/time.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/time.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 extern void timer_tick(void);
 
 typedef void (*clock_access_fn)(struct timespec64 *);
-extern int register_persistent_clock(clock_access_fn read_boot,
-				     clock_access_fn read_persistent);
+extern int register_persistent_clock(clock_access_fn read_persistent);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/time.c b/arch/arm/kernel/time.c
index cf2701cb0de8c67b605a19bc2f21bc1aa34daad2..078b259ead4ef617fd0c36d43174beedd5eae033 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/time.c
@@ -83,29 +83,18 @@ static void dummy_clock_access(struct timespec64 *ts)
 }
 
 static clock_access_fn __read_persistent_clock = dummy_clock_access;
-static clock_access_fn __read_boot_clock = dummy_clock_access;
 
 void read_persistent_clock64(struct timespec64 *ts)
 {
 	__read_persistent_clock(ts);
 }
 
-void read_boot_clock64(struct timespec64 *ts)
-{
-	__read_boot_clock(ts);
-}
-
-int __init register_persistent_clock(clock_access_fn read_boot,
-				     clock_access_fn read_persistent)
+int __init register_persistent_clock(clock_access_fn read_persistent)
 {
 	/* Only allow the clockaccess functions to be registered once */
-	if (__read_persistent_clock == dummy_clock_access &&
-	    __read_boot_clock == dummy_clock_access) {
-		if (read_boot)
-			__read_boot_clock = read_boot;
+	if (__read_persistent_clock == dummy_clock_access) {
 		if (read_persistent)
 			__read_persistent_clock = read_persistent;
-
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c
index 2438b96004c1c36013cb8e55fe2fb4b2eb180663..fcc5bfec8bd1eff7a36eb2b046de4d5d227f24be 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int __init omap_init_clocksource_32k(void __iomem *vbase)
 	}
 
 	sched_clock_register(omap_32k_read_sched_clock, 32, 32768);
-	register_persistent_clock(NULL, omap_read_persistent_clock64);
+	register_persistent_clock(omap_read_persistent_clock64);
 	pr_info("OMAP clocksource: 32k_counter at 32768 Hz\n");
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c
index c337a8100a7b991988fa63cd31f0de96194803a2..2242a36fc5b0a743da54cf8339140ba264894059 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c
@@ -259,6 +259,6 @@ static int __init tegra20_init_rtc(struct device_node *np)
 	else
 		clk_prepare_enable(clk);
 
-	return register_persistent_clock(NULL, tegra_read_persistent_clock64);
+	return register_persistent_clock(tegra_read_persistent_clock64);
 }
 TIMER_OF_DECLARE(tegra20_rtc, "nvidia,tegra20-rtc", tegra20_init_rtc);