diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
index 802055ba1cbfb6c89f43816b8a4eeea63a370c48..7a960cd0110494a0c5b885fd6e89b81f3fec9c9c 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int gic_clockevent_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!cpu_has_counter || !gic_frequency)
+	if (!gic_frequency)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
 	ret = setup_percpu_irq(gic_timer_irq, &gic_compare_irqaction);