diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/time.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/time.c
index ed7a61ff916a..6ec65e599997 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/time.c
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ static void __init omap_timer_init(void)
 
 	omap_init_mpu_timer(rate);
 	omap_init_clocksource(rate);
+	/*
+	 * XXX Since this file seems to deal mostly with the MPU timer,
+	 * this doesn't seem like the correct place for the sync timer
+	 * clocksource init.
+	 */
+	if (!cpu_is_omap7xx() && !cpu_is_omap15xx())
+		omap_init_clocksource_32k();
 }
 
 struct sys_timer omap_timer = {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
index 4e48e786bec7..7b7c2683ae7b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 #include "timer-gp.h"
 
+#include <plat/common.h>
+
 /* MAX_GPTIMER_ID: number of GPTIMERs on the chip */
 #define MAX_GPTIMER_ID		12
 
@@ -176,10 +178,14 @@ static void __init omap2_gp_clockevent_init(void)
 /* 
  * When 32k-timer is enabled, don't use GPTimer for clocksource
  * instead, just leave default clocksource which uses the 32k
- * sync counter.  See clocksource setup in see plat-omap/common.c. 
+ * sync counter.  See clocksource setup in plat-omap/counter_32k.c
  */
 
-static inline void __init omap2_gp_clocksource_init(void) {}
+static void __init omap2_gp_clocksource_init(void)
+{
+	omap_init_clocksource_32k();
+}
+
 #else
 /*
  * clocksource
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c
index ea4644021fb9..0367998ff685 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/counter_32k.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 	*ts = *tsp;
 }
 
-static int __init omap_init_clocksource_32k(void)
+int __init omap_init_clocksource_32k(void)
 {
 	static char err[] __initdata = KERN_ERR
 			"%s: can't register clocksource!\n";
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ static int __init omap_init_clocksource_32k(void)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-arch_initcall(omap_init_clocksource_32k);
 
 #endif	/* !(defined(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP730) || defined(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP15XX)) */
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/common.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/common.h
index 6b8088ec74af..84c707f713b1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/common.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct sys_timer;
 
 extern void omap_map_common_io(void);
 extern struct sys_timer omap_timer;
+extern int __init omap_init_clocksource_32k(void);
 
 extern void omap_reserve(void);