1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/time.c b/arch/sh/kernel/time.c
index 960d9abd1058..9b352a1e3fb4 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/time.c
@@ -108,8 +108,13 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 
         /*
          * Make sure all compiled-in early timers register themselves.
-         * Run probe() for one "earlytimer" device.
+         *
+         * Run probe() for two "earlytimer" devices, these will be the
+         * clockevents and clocksource devices respectively. In the event
+         * that only a clockevents device is available, we -ENODEV on the
+         * clocksource and the jiffies clocksource is used transparently
+         * instead. No error handling is necessary here.
          */
         early_platform_driver_register_all("earlytimer");
-        early_platform_driver_probe("earlytimer", 1, 0);
+        early_platform_driver_probe("earlytimer", 2, 0);
 }