diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
index 64642ad019fb78e14ce26416db13c3d340d6507c..643ebf2e2ad8733ddbec5ca884ee21bf405c0226 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ struct x86_init_paging {
  *				boot cpu
  * @tsc_pre_init:		platform function called before TSC init
  * @timer_init:			initialize the platform timer (default PIT/HPET)
+ * @wallclock_init:		init the wallclock device
  */
 struct x86_init_timers {
 	void (*setup_percpu_clockev)(void);
 	void (*tsc_pre_init)(void);
 	void (*timer_init)(void);
+	void (*wallclock_init)(void);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 21c6746338afef0949e89f8b2c0442654401546e..68d535a77df09c113004a408d81a636e4ed7ce27 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 #endif
 	x86_init.oem.banner();
 
+	x86_init.timers.wallclock_init();
+
 	mcheck_init();
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
index ceb2911aa439dcb87ac0ef07a8d700f4a5a274e7..c11514e9128b53cf0b6ad66d844c7703a6a8523a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct x86_init_ops x86_init __initdata = {
 		.setup_percpu_clockev	= setup_boot_APIC_clock,
 		.tsc_pre_init		= x86_init_noop,
 		.timer_init		= hpet_time_init,
+		.wallclock_init		= x86_init_noop,
 	},
 
 	.iommu = {