diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-g3evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-g3evm.c
index 40ddea55fa6e..b627e89037f5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-g3evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-g3evm.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <mach/common.h>
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
-#include <asm/mach/time.h>
 
 /*
  * IrDA
@@ -332,21 +331,11 @@ static void __init g3evm_init(void)
 	platform_add_devices(g3evm_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(g3evm_devices));
 }
 
-static void __init g3evm_timer_init(void)
-{
-	sh7367_clock_init();
-	shmobile_timer.init();
-}
-
-static struct sys_timer g3evm_timer = {
-	.init		= g3evm_timer_init,
-};
-
 MACHINE_START(G3EVM, "g3evm")
 	.map_io		= sh7367_map_io,
 	.init_early	= sh7367_add_early_devices,
 	.init_irq	= sh7367_init_irq,
 	.handle_irq	= shmobile_handle_irq_intc,
 	.init_machine	= g3evm_init,
-	.timer		= &g3evm_timer,
+	.timer		= &shmobile_timer,
 MACHINE_END
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh7367.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh7367.c
index 7b747aba2046..a51e1a1e6996 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh7367.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-sh7367.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
+#include <asm/mach/time.h>
 
 static struct map_desc sh7367_io_desc[] __initdata = {
 	/* create a 1:1 entity map for 0xe6xxxxxx
@@ -454,6 +455,12 @@ void __init sh7367_add_standard_devices(void)
 			    ARRAY_SIZE(sh7367_devices));
 }
 
+static void __init sh7367_earlytimer_init(void)
+{
+	sh7367_clock_init();
+	shmobile_earlytimer_init();
+}
+
 #define SYMSTPCR2 0xe6158048
 #define SYMSTPCR2_CMT1 (1 << 29)
 
@@ -467,4 +474,7 @@ void __init sh7367_add_early_devices(void)
 
 	/* setup early console here as well */
 	shmobile_setup_console();
+
+	/* override timer setup with soc-specific code */
+	shmobile_timer.init = sh7367_earlytimer_init;
 }