1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/timex.h b/include/asm-powerpc/timex.h
index e3f08cf91486..92dedde761d1 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/timex.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/timex.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
+#include <asm/reg.h>
 
 #define CLOCK_TICK_RATE 1024000 /* Underlying HZ */
 
@@ -15,13 +16,11 @@ typedef unsigned long cycles_t;
 
 static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
 {
-        cycles_t ret;
-
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
-
-        __asm__ __volatile__("mftb %0" : "=r" (ret) : );
-
+        return mftb();
 #else
+        cycles_t ret;
+
         /*
          * For the "cycle" counter we use the timebase lower half.
          * Currently only used on SMP.
@@ -41,9 +40,8 @@ static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
                 "       .long 99b-98b\n"
                 ".previous"
                 : "=r" (ret) : "i" (CPU_FTR_601));
-#endif
-
         return ret;
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif  /* __KERNEL__ */