diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index 9a82c7dc3fdd9f1fd35d62fb2ab0734516c9ad6c..595ee86f5e0dba847e6a0d7199fac8b5739d6d0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -181,14 +181,12 @@ static inline bool tick_nohz_full_cpu(int cpu)
 	return cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tick_nohz_full_mask);
 }
 
-extern void tick_nohz_init(void);
 extern void __tick_nohz_full_check(void);
 extern void tick_nohz_full_kick(void);
 extern void tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(int cpu);
 extern void tick_nohz_full_kick_all(void);
 extern void __tick_nohz_task_switch(struct task_struct *tsk);
 #else
-static inline void tick_nohz_init(void) { }
 static inline bool tick_nohz_full_enabled(void) { return false; }
 static inline bool tick_nohz_full_cpu(int cpu) { return false; }
 static inline void __tick_nohz_full_check(void) { }
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index bb1aed928f21391b63493112c6bb1a1eae39077f..8af2f1abfe38d5f36eade88169f4f9cd04d8ec5a 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -577,7 +577,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 		local_irq_disable();
 	idr_init_cache();
 	rcu_init();
-	tick_nohz_init();
 	context_tracking_init();
 	radix_tree_init();
 	/* init some links before init_ISA_irqs() */
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index 0a0608edeb2665e88d2cb1c917b4cf4f112a4e8e..052b4b53c3d6610b59bb426e785450707b6253f3 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -400,4 +400,5 @@ void tick_resume(void)
 void __init tick_init(void)
 {
 	tick_broadcast_init();
+	tick_nohz_init();
 }
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
index c19c1d84b6f34f66e84b32627b702756364e614a..366aeb4f2c6696ee6239e501ea4904f3812cd44c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ static inline int tick_broadcast_oneshot_active(void) { return 0; }
 static inline bool tick_broadcast_oneshot_available(void) { return false; }
 #endif /* !TICK_ONESHOT */
 
+/* NO_HZ_FULL internal */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+extern void tick_nohz_init(void);
+# else
+static inline void tick_nohz_init(void) { }
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Broadcasting support
  */