diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/tcb_clksrc.c b/drivers/clocksource/tcb_clksrc.c
index f922e81d531b..8bdbc45c6dad 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/tcb_clksrc.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/tcb_clksrc.c
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@ static irqreturn_t ch2_irq(int irq, void *handle)
 	return IRQ_NONE;
 }
 
-static struct irqaction tc_irqaction = {
-	.name		= "tc_clkevt",
-	.flags		= IRQF_TIMER,
-	.handler	= ch2_irq,
-};
-
 static int __init setup_clkevents(struct atmel_tc *tc, int clk32k_divisor_idx)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -198,15 +192,16 @@ static int __init setup_clkevents(struct atmel_tc *tc, int clk32k_divisor_idx)
 
 	clkevt.regs = tc->regs;
 	clkevt.clk = t2_clk;
-	tc_irqaction.dev_id = &clkevt;
 
 	timer_clock = clk32k_divisor_idx;
 
 	clkevt.clkevt.cpumask = cpumask_of(0);
 
-	ret = setup_irq(irq, &tc_irqaction);
-	if (ret)
+	ret = request_irq(irq, ch2_irq, IRQF_TIMER, "tc_clkevt", &clkevt);
+	if (ret) {
+		clk_disable_unprepare(t2_clk);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	clockevents_config_and_register(&clkevt.clkevt, 32768, 1, 0xffff);