diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
index d8673d8a779b..36a585b80d9e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
 #include <asm/hpet.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-__visible volatile unsigned long jiffies __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
-#endif
-
 unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned long pc = instruction_pointer(regs);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e2feacf921a0..bac1a65a9d39 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ OUTPUT_FORMAT(CONFIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)
 ENTRY(phys_startup_32)
-jiffies = jiffies_64;
 #else
 OUTPUT_ARCH(i386:x86-64)
 ENTRY(phys_startup_64)
-jiffies_64 = jiffies;
 #endif
 
+jiffies = jiffies_64;
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
 /*
  * On 64-bit, align RODATA to 2MB so we retain large page mappings for