diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch_timer.h
index b7ae44464231ebb36f53071acda865ceed506a64..92793ba69c4020bc3ae1aac0560f96b7be0347a5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch_timer.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch_timer.h
@@ -99,17 +99,6 @@ static inline void arch_timer_set_cntkctl(u32 cntkctl)
 	asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c14, c1, 0" : : "r" (cntkctl));
 }
 
-static inline void arch_timer_evtstrm_enable(int divider)
-{
-	u32 cntkctl = arch_timer_get_cntkctl();
-	cntkctl &= ~ARCH_TIMER_EVT_TRIGGER_MASK;
-	/* Set the divider and enable virtual event stream */
-	cntkctl |= (divider << ARCH_TIMER_EVT_TRIGGER_SHIFT)
-			| ARCH_TIMER_VIRT_EVT_EN;
-	arch_timer_set_cntkctl(cntkctl);
-	elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_EVTSTRM;
-}
-
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
index 49e94c677e7a1711e729677428e92229eda0d6fe..f19097134b02d6cc14f4a4f3fe4deb5a6225d6c0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
@@ -104,20 +104,6 @@ static inline void arch_timer_set_cntkctl(u32 cntkctl)
 	asm volatile("msr	cntkctl_el1, %0" : : "r" (cntkctl));
 }
 
-static inline void arch_timer_evtstrm_enable(int divider)
-{
-	u32 cntkctl = arch_timer_get_cntkctl();
-	cntkctl &= ~ARCH_TIMER_EVT_TRIGGER_MASK;
-	/* Set the divider and enable virtual event stream */
-	cntkctl |= (divider << ARCH_TIMER_EVT_TRIGGER_SHIFT)
-			| ARCH_TIMER_VIRT_EVT_EN;
-	arch_timer_set_cntkctl(cntkctl);
-	elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_EVTSTRM;
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-	compat_elf_hwcap |= COMPAT_HWCAP_EVTSTRM;
-#endif
-}
-
 static inline u64 arch_counter_get_cntvct(void)
 {
 	u64 cval;
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index 42bd4455dacad9e437c6a42718bb940bb36a93f5..2133f9d59d06323bbf1f69ca80c21ddee66904f6 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -299,6 +299,21 @@ static void __arch_timer_setup(unsigned type,
 	clockevents_config_and_register(clk, arch_timer_rate, 0xf, 0x7fffffff);
 }
 
+static void arch_timer_evtstrm_enable(int divider)
+{
+	u32 cntkctl = arch_timer_get_cntkctl();
+
+	cntkctl &= ~ARCH_TIMER_EVT_TRIGGER_MASK;
+	/* Set the divider and enable virtual event stream */
+	cntkctl |= (divider << ARCH_TIMER_EVT_TRIGGER_SHIFT)
+			| ARCH_TIMER_VIRT_EVT_EN;
+	arch_timer_set_cntkctl(cntkctl);
+	elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_EVTSTRM;
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+	compat_elf_hwcap |= COMPAT_HWCAP_EVTSTRM;
+#endif
+}
+
 static void arch_timer_configure_evtstream(void)
 {
 	int evt_stream_div, pos;