diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h b/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h
index 05cb8dd200de..0c7847165eae 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ extern struct vxtime_data vxtime;
 extern int vgetcpu_mode;
 extern struct timezone sys_tz;
 extern int sysctl_vsyscall;
-extern seqlock_t xtime_lock;
-
-extern int sysctl_vsyscall;
-
-#define ARCH_HAVE_XTIME_LOCK 1
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index 55cee172d723..eceb1a59b078 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static inline struct timespec timespec_sub(struct timespec lhs,
 
 extern struct timespec xtime;
 extern struct timespec wall_to_monotonic;
-extern seqlock_t xtime_lock;
+extern seqlock_t xtime_lock __attribute__((weak));
 
 void timekeeping_init(void);
 
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 8533c3796082..4902181e10e6 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1162,11 +1162,9 @@ static inline void calc_load(unsigned long ticks)
  * This read-write spinlock protects us from races in SMP while
  * playing with xtime and avenrun.
  */
-#ifndef ARCH_HAVE_XTIME_LOCK
-__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(xtime_lock);
+__attribute__((weak)) __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(xtime_lock);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xtime_lock);
-#endif
 
 /*
  * This function runs timers and the timer-tq in bottom half context.