diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index 078dbc6d80ec6644aab7c296324a2ffc5a1c4ef3..ce3bcc4334d532d19467f470e7b8f4484dae12a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ static void hpet_reserve_platform_timers(unsigned long id) { }
  */
 static unsigned long hpet_period;
 
-static void hpet_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
+static void hpet_legacy_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 			  struct clock_event_device *evt);
-static int hpet_next_event(unsigned long delta,
+static int hpet_legacy_next_event(unsigned long delta,
 			   struct clock_event_device *evt);
 
 /*
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ static int hpet_next_event(unsigned long delta,
 static struct clock_event_device hpet_clockevent = {
 	.name		= "hpet",
 	.features	= CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERIODIC | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT,
-	.set_mode	= hpet_set_mode,
-	.set_next_event = hpet_next_event,
+	.set_mode	= hpet_legacy_set_mode,
+	.set_next_event = hpet_legacy_next_event,
 	.shift		= 32,
 	.irq		= 0,
 };
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static void hpet_start_counter(void)
 	hpet_writel(cfg, HPET_CFG);
 }
 
-static void hpet_enable_int(void)
+static void hpet_enable_legacy_int(void)
 {
 	unsigned long cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_CFG);
 
@@ -187,7 +187,39 @@ static void hpet_enable_int(void)
 	hpet_legacy_int_enabled = 1;
 }
 
-static void hpet_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
+static void hpet_legacy_clockevent_register(void)
+{
+	uint64_t hpet_freq;
+
+	/* Start HPET legacy interrupts */
+	hpet_enable_legacy_int();
+
+	/*
+	 * The period is a femto seconds value. We need to calculate the
+	 * scaled math multiplication factor for nanosecond to hpet tick
+	 * conversion.
+	 */
+	hpet_freq = 1000000000000000ULL;
+	do_div(hpet_freq, hpet_period);
+	hpet_clockevent.mult = div_sc((unsigned long) hpet_freq,
+				      NSEC_PER_SEC, 32);
+	/* Calculate the min / max delta */
+	hpet_clockevent.max_delta_ns = clockevent_delta2ns(0x7FFFFFFF,
+							   &hpet_clockevent);
+	hpet_clockevent.min_delta_ns = clockevent_delta2ns(0x30,
+							   &hpet_clockevent);
+
+	/*
+	 * Start hpet with the boot cpu mask and make it
+	 * global after the IO_APIC has been initialized.
+	 */
+	hpet_clockevent.cpumask = cpumask_of_cpu(smp_processor_id());
+	clockevents_register_device(&hpet_clockevent);
+	global_clock_event = &hpet_clockevent;
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "hpet clockevent registered\n");
+}
+
+static void hpet_legacy_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 			  struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
 	unsigned long cfg, cmp, now;
@@ -228,12 +260,12 @@ static void hpet_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 		break;
 
 	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_RESUME:
-		hpet_enable_int();
+		hpet_enable_legacy_int();
 		break;
 	}
 }
 
-static int hpet_next_event(unsigned long delta,
+static int hpet_legacy_next_event(unsigned long delta,
 			   struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
 	unsigned long cnt;
@@ -273,58 +305,11 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_hpet = {
 #endif
 };
 
-/*
- * Try to setup the HPET timer
- */
-int __init hpet_enable(void)
+static int hpet_clocksource_register(void)
 {
-	unsigned long id;
-	uint64_t hpet_freq;
 	u64 tmp, start, now;
 	cycle_t t1;
 
-	if (!is_hpet_capable())
-		return 0;
-
-	hpet_set_mapping();
-
-	/*
-	 * Read the period and check for a sane value:
-	 */
-	hpet_period = hpet_readl(HPET_PERIOD);
-	if (hpet_period < HPET_MIN_PERIOD || hpet_period > HPET_MAX_PERIOD)
-		goto out_nohpet;
-
-	/*
-	 * The period is a femto seconds value. We need to calculate the
-	 * scaled math multiplication factor for nanosecond to hpet tick
-	 * conversion.
-	 */
-	hpet_freq = 1000000000000000ULL;
-	do_div(hpet_freq, hpet_period);
-	hpet_clockevent.mult = div_sc((unsigned long) hpet_freq,
-				      NSEC_PER_SEC, 32);
-	/* Calculate the min / max delta */
-	hpet_clockevent.max_delta_ns = clockevent_delta2ns(0x7FFFFFFF,
-							   &hpet_clockevent);
-	hpet_clockevent.min_delta_ns = clockevent_delta2ns(0x30,
-							   &hpet_clockevent);
-
-	/*
-	 * Read the HPET ID register to retrieve the IRQ routing
-	 * information and the number of channels
-	 */
-	id = hpet_readl(HPET_ID);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC
-	/*
-	 * The legacy routing mode needs at least two channels, tick timer
-	 * and the rtc emulation channel.
-	 */
-	if (!(id & HPET_ID_NUMBER))
-		goto out_nohpet;
-#endif
-
 	/* Start the counter */
 	hpet_start_counter();
 
@@ -346,7 +331,7 @@ int __init hpet_enable(void)
 	if (t1 == read_hpet()) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "HPET counter not counting. HPET disabled\n");
-		goto out_nohpet;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	/* Initialize and register HPET clocksource
@@ -367,15 +352,48 @@ int __init hpet_enable(void)
 
 	clocksource_register(&clocksource_hpet);
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Try to setup the HPET timer
+ */
+int __init hpet_enable(void)
+{
+	unsigned long id;
+
+	if (!is_hpet_capable())
+		return 0;
+
+	hpet_set_mapping();
+
+	/*
+	 * Read the period and check for a sane value:
+	 */
+	hpet_period = hpet_readl(HPET_PERIOD);
+	if (hpet_period < HPET_MIN_PERIOD || hpet_period > HPET_MAX_PERIOD)
+		goto out_nohpet;
+
+	/*
+	 * Read the HPET ID register to retrieve the IRQ routing
+	 * information and the number of channels
+	 */
+	id = hpet_readl(HPET_ID);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC
+	/*
+	 * The legacy routing mode needs at least two channels, tick timer
+	 * and the rtc emulation channel.
+	 */
+	if (!(id & HPET_ID_NUMBER))
+		goto out_nohpet;
+#endif
+
+	if (hpet_clocksource_register())
+		goto out_nohpet;
+
 	if (id & HPET_ID_LEGSUP) {
-		hpet_enable_int();
-		/*
-		 * Start hpet with the boot cpu mask and make it
-		 * global after the IO_APIC has been initialized.
-		 */
-		hpet_clockevent.cpumask = cpumask_of_cpu(smp_processor_id());
-		clockevents_register_device(&hpet_clockevent);
-		global_clock_event = &hpet_clockevent;
+		hpet_legacy_clockevent_register();
 		return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;