diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c
index ce58bc9..bea19a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 	.dev_id		= &ckevt_pxa_osmr0,
 };
 
-static void __init pxa_timer_init(void)
+void __init pxa_timer_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long clock_tick_rate = get_clock_tick_rate();
 
@@ -164,7 +164,3 @@
 		clocksource_mmio_readl_up);
 	clockevents_register_device(&ckevt_pxa_osmr0);
 }
-
-struct sys_timer pxa_timer = {
-	.init		= pxa_timer_init,
-};