diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/time.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/time.c
index 17dc2a31a7ca..4926b3856c15 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/time.c
@@ -73,21 +73,24 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dummy)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-void __init time_init(void)
+void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 {
 	struct rtc_time time;
+	ts->tv_sec = 0;
+	ts->tv_nsec = 0;
 
 	if (mach_hwclk) {
 		mach_hwclk(0, &time);
 
 		if ((time.tm_year += 1900) < 1970)
 			time.tm_year += 100;
-		xtime.tv_sec = mktime(time.tm_year, time.tm_mon, time.tm_mday,
+		ts->tv_sec = mktime(time.tm_year, time.tm_mon, time.tm_mday,
 				      time.tm_hour, time.tm_min, time.tm_sec);
-		xtime.tv_nsec = 0;
 	}
-	wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec = -xtime.tv_sec;
+}
 
+void __init time_init(void)
+{
 	mach_sched_init(timer_interrupt);
 }