diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c
index b5b2f787da2e3b015584b8ac0f855a409f3b29ab..ecd0148ee1e1711144eb2fd75bc146d97a582bb6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c
@@ -691,8 +691,8 @@ void __init __weak r8a7779_register_twd(void) { }
 void __init r8a7779_earlytimer_init(void)
 {
 	r8a7779_clock_init();
-	shmobile_earlytimer_init();
 	r8a7779_register_twd();
+	shmobile_earlytimer_init();
 }
 
 void __init r8a7779_add_early_devices(void)