diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig
index 45c6b733c8818f7c4e31824e9bfb04d0c632c061..c4694f26b5c4fdc6ed78ee906abb0970a0f58382 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ config ARCH_OMAP16XX
 	bool "OMAP16xx Based System"
 	select ARCH_OMAP_OTG
 	select CPU_ARM926T
+	select OMAP_DM_TIMER
 
 config OMAP_MUX
 	bool "OMAP multiplexing support"
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
index 7276afee30b3b7cba6ace72ecb1c15e7f7f3b64d..afc1a1d4f7a5cdd2cda8486b717addb2cd1baf60 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ config OMAP3_L2_AUX_SECURE_SERVICE_SET_ID
 	help
 	  PPA routine service ID for setting L2 auxiliary control register.
 
-config OMAP_DM_TIMER
-	bool "Use dual-mode timer"
-	depends on ARCH_OMAP16XX || ARCH_OMAP2PLUS
-	help
-	 Select this option if you want to use OMAP Dual-Mode timers.
-
 config OMAP_SERIAL_WAKE
 	bool "Enable wake-up events for serial ports"
 	depends on ARCH_OMAP1 && OMAP_MUX
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Makefile b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Makefile
index 47e186729d44762614529268cdeaf087a7651cb4..7215ada707e4dc2b9c68cfb7b4b518c524b6106b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Makefile
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ obj-y := sram.o dma.o counter_32k.o
 
 # omap_device support (OMAP2+ only at the moment)
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_OMAP_DM_TIMER) += dmtimer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OMAP_DEBUG_LEDS) += debug-leds.o
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
index b3b4ed9b68742bfbb8219af9c24c9d542d6f02ec..5995086ec328bd99829b3334af12598f7234b98f 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ config CLKEVT_I8253
 config I8253_LOCK
 	bool
 
+config OMAP_DM_TIMER
+	bool
+
 config CLKBLD_I8253
 	def_bool y if CLKSRC_I8253 || CLKEVT_I8253 || I8253_LOCK
 
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Makefile b/drivers/clocksource/Makefile
index d6dec4489d66e4e8996e11726681958dbf9d9bec..c8c5109f2e50f660ffd57b5d2b69665d4070ddaa 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EM_TIMER_STI)	+= em_sti.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CLKBLD_I8253)	+= i8253.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CLKSRC_MMIO)	+= mmio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DIGICOLOR_TIMER)	+= timer-digicolor.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_OMAP_DM_TIMER)	+= timer-ti-dm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DW_APB_TIMER)	+= dw_apb_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DW_APB_TIMER_OF)	+= dw_apb_timer_of.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FTTMR010_TIMER)	+= timer-fttmr010.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm.c
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
rename to drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm.c