1 files changed, 11 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
index f7cd06967aed..ed2c3ec07024 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
@@ -246,26 +246,24 @@ static int __init oprofile_init(void)
         int err;
 
         /* always init architecture to setup backtrace support */
+        timer_mode = 0;
         err = oprofile_arch_init(&oprofile_ops);
+        if (!err) {
+                if (!timer && !oprofilefs_register())
+                        return 0;
+                oprofile_arch_exit();
+        }
 
-        timer_mode = err || timer;      /* fall back to timer mode on errors */
-        if (timer_mode) {
-                if (!err)
-                        oprofile_arch_exit();
+        /* setup timer mode: */
+        timer_mode = 1;
+        /* no nmi timer mode if oprofile.timer is set */
+        if (timer || op_nmi_timer_init(&oprofile_ops)) {
                 err = oprofile_timer_init(&oprofile_ops);
                 if (err)
                         return err;
         }
 
-        err = oprofilefs_register();
-        if (!err)
-                return 0;
-
-        /* failed */
-        if (!timer_mode)
-                oprofile_arch_exit();
-
-        return err;
+        return oprofilefs_register();
 }