diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh7372.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh7372.c
index 12b4378..c14fb35 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh7372.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh7372.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
+#include <asm/mach/time.h>
 
 static struct map_desc sh7372_io_desc[] __initdata = {
 	/* create a 1:1 entity map for 0xe6xxxxxx
@@ -1064,6 +1065,12 @@
 	sh7372_add_device_to_domain(&sh7372_a4r, &jpu_device);
 }
 
+static void __init sh7372_earlytimer_init(void)
+{
+	sh7372_clock_init();
+	shmobile_earlytimer_init();
+}
+
 void __init sh7372_add_early_devices(void)
 {
 	early_platform_add_devices(sh7372_early_devices,
@@ -1071,4 +1078,7 @@
 
 	/* setup early console here as well */
 	shmobile_setup_console();
+
+	/* override timer setup with soc-specific code */
+	shmobile_timer.init = sh7372_earlytimer_init;
 }