diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-nomadik/timer.c b/arch/arm/plat-nomadik/timer.c
index ad1b45b..46f50f2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-nomadik/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-nomadik/timer.c
@@ -66,12 +66,11 @@
 #define MTU_PCELL2	0xff8
 #define MTU_PCELL3	0xffC
 
+static void __iomem *mtu_base;
 static bool clkevt_periodic;
 static u32 clk_prescale;
 static u32 nmdk_cycle;		/* write-once */
 
-void __iomem *mtu_base; /* Assigned by machine code */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NOMADIK_MTU_SCHED_CLOCK
 /*
  * Override the global weak sched_clock symbol with this
@@ -183,11 +182,12 @@
 	       mtu_base + MTU_CR(0));
 }
 
-void __init nmdk_timer_init(void)
+void __init nmdk_timer_init(void __iomem *base)
 {
 	unsigned long rate;
 	struct clk *clk0;
 
+	mtu_base = base;
 	clk0 = clk_get_sys("mtu0", NULL);
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(clk0));