diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/time.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/time.c
index f27aa3b259fa34d334745fc391053e1783feb160..a047d69d17e23cfc2bdb7c9188d7a28b19d7ac18 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/time.c
@@ -110,17 +110,17 @@ static struct clock_event_device comparator = {
 	.set_mode	= comparator_mode,
 };
 
+void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+	ts->tv.sec = mktime(2007, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+	ts->tv_nsec = 0;
+}
+
 void __init time_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long counter_hz;
 	int ret;
 
-	xtime.tv_sec = mktime(2007, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);
-	xtime.tv_nsec = 0;
-
-	set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic,
-				-xtime.tv_sec, -xtime.tv_nsec);
-
 	/* figure rate for counter */
 	counter_hz = clk_get_rate(boot_cpu_data.clk);
 	counter.mult = clocksource_hz2mult(counter_hz, counter.shift);