diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
index ff992f8895ee4463d5c56a8646d160fc1d5185a6..c6f7dcf13a1543bce3b486b594712079e3ee6517 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/of_irq.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/irqdomain.h>
+#include <linux/clocksource.h>
 
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@ static void __init __maybe_unused omap_generic_init(void)
 	omap_soc_device_init();
 }
 
+/* Clocks are needed early, see drivers/clocksource for the rest */
+void __init __maybe_unused omap_init_time_of(void)
+{
+	omap_clk_init();
+	timer_probe();
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOC_OMAP2420
 static const char *const omap242x_boards_compat[] __initconst = {
 	"ti,omap2420",