diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c
index bedd3570474b663d99e7ed960074c291c2033994..cf3e7c6f86c4835a3340cfce94122d7acf50c7ca 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ static irqreturn_t sp804_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static inline void timer_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *evt)
+static inline void evt_timer_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
 	writel(0, common_clkevt->ctrl);
 }
 
 static int sp804_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
-	timer_shutdown(evt);
+	evt_timer_shutdown(evt);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int sp804_set_periodic(struct clock_event_device *evt)
 	unsigned long ctrl = TIMER_CTRL_32BIT | TIMER_CTRL_IE |
 			     TIMER_CTRL_PERIODIC | TIMER_CTRL_ENABLE;
 
-	timer_shutdown(evt);
+	evt_timer_shutdown(evt);
 	writel(common_clkevt->reload, common_clkevt->load);
 	writel(ctrl, common_clkevt->ctrl);
 	return 0;