diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c
index 19f7df30937f23c8ea774547a13adcb8d70af7be..19df764f6399ae4fd4201379301cef1c78364bee 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ static struct irqaction timer_irqaction = {
 
 void __init time_init(void)
 {
-	/* FIXME: xtime&wall_to_monotonic are set in timekeeping_init. */
-	read_persistent_clock(&xtime);
-	set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic,
-		-xtime.tv_sec, -xtime.tv_nsec);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_XTENSA_CALIBRATE_CCOUNT
 	printk("Calibrating CPU frequency ");
 	platform_calibrate_ccount();