diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c
index dc59c3b708edc545d583b2ec3b0b27da3e67274c..08d45369be45c40a4895a00c9c831e109de9fd7f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static struct irq_chip rt_irq_type = {
 static int rt_next_event(unsigned long delta, struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	int slice putoslice(cpu);
+	int slice = cputoslice(cpu);
 	unsigned long cnt;
 
 	cnt = LOCAL_HUB_L(PI_RT_COUNT);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static irqreturn_t hub_rt_counter_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	/*
 	 * Ack
 	 */
-	LOCAL_HUB_S(PI_RT_PEND_A + PI_COUNT_OFFSET * slice, cnt);
+	LOCAL_HUB_S(PI_RT_PEND_A + PI_COUNT_OFFSET * slice, 0);
 	cd->event_handler(cd);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;