diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
index c4352f078492..22a4daf5f0c8 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
@@ -142,11 +142,6 @@ static void __init __gic_clocksource_init(void)
 	ret = clocksource_register_hz(&gic_clocksource, gic_frequency);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		pr_warn("GIC: Unable to register clocksource\n");
-
-	gic_clockevent_init();
-
-	/* And finally start the counter */
-	gic_start_count();
 }
 
 void __init gic_clocksource_init(unsigned int frequency)
@@ -156,6 +151,10 @@ void __init gic_clocksource_init(unsigned int frequency)
 		GIC_LOCAL_TO_HWIRQ(GIC_LOCAL_INT_COMPARE);
 
 	__gic_clocksource_init();
+	gic_clockevent_init();
+
+	/* And finally start the counter */
+	gic_start_count();
 }
 
 static void __init gic_clocksource_of_init(struct device_node *node)
@@ -187,6 +186,10 @@ static void __init gic_clocksource_of_init(struct device_node *node)
 	}
 
 	__gic_clocksource_init();
+	gic_clockevent_init();
+
+	/* And finally start the counter */
+	gic_start_count();
 }
 CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE(mips_gic_timer, "mti,gic-timer",
 		       gic_clocksource_of_init);