diff --git a/include/linux/clockchips.h b/include/linux/clockchips.h
index c33b0dc28e4db5de75df8a2419c128d22c8e29d9..ed3a5d473e52b2282c0d09c2c25d406400dc7522 100644
--- a/include/linux/clockchips.h
+++ b/include/linux/clockchips.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ extern int clockevents_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int clockevents_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev,
 				     ktime_t expires, ktime_t now);
 
+extern void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 extern void clockevents_notify(unsigned long reason, void *arg);
 #else
diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index 3d1e3e1a19716e94cdad4116b1ca73242ac45f1e..1876b526c7783db17d4dd5050a899e640670ef59 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void clockevents_register_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 /*
  * Noop handler when we shut down an event device
  */
-static void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 {
 }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ void clockevents_exchange_device(struct clock_event_device *old,
 	 * released list and do a notify add later.
 	 */
 	if (old) {
-		old->event_handler = clockevents_handle_noop;
 		clockevents_set_mode(old, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED);
 		list_del(&old->list);
 		list_add(&old->list, &clockevents_released);
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index 80c4336f4188409a077d3f4ae4dde727f856de55..c4777193d56734d0276aa210ddbbad2e79c416c8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static void tick_setup_device(struct tick_device *td,
 	} else {
 		handler = td->evtdev->event_handler;
 		next_event = td->evtdev->next_event;
+		td->evtdev->event_handler = clockevents_handle_noop;
 	}
 
 	td->evtdev = newdev;