diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
index 47a1927..653b3c4 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
@@ -430,18 +430,16 @@
 }
 module_init(rtc_init);
 
+void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+	efi_gettimeofday(ts);
+}
+
 void __init
 time_init (void)
 {
 	register_percpu_irq(IA64_TIMER_VECTOR, &timer_irqaction);
-	efi_gettimeofday(&xtime);
 	ia64_init_itm();
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialize wall_to_monotonic such that adding it to xtime will yield zero, the
-	 * tv_nsec field must be normalized (i.e., 0 <= nsec < NSEC_PER_SEC).
-	 */
-	set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic, -xtime.tv_sec, -xtime.tv_nsec);
 }
 
 /*