diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/time.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/time.c
index 42f9195..2cabea6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/time.c
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 
 	/*
 	 * Since ACPI or FDT will only one be available in the system,
-	 * we can use acpi_generic_timer_init() here safely
+	 * we can use arch_timer_acpi_init() here safely
 	 */
-	acpi_generic_timer_init();
+	arch_timer_acpi_init();
 
 	arch_timer_rate = arch_timer_get_rate();
 	if (!arch_timer_rate)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/gtdt.c b/drivers/acpi/gtdt.c
index bbe3a2e..3559babf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/gtdt.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/gtdt.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
+#include <clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h>
+
 static int __init map_generic_timer_interrupt(u32 interrupt, u32 flags)
 {
 	int trigger, polarity;
@@ -33,6 +35,47 @@ static int __init map_generic_timer_interrupt(u32 interrupt, u32 flags)
 	return acpi_register_gsi(NULL, interrupt, trigger, polarity);
 }
 
+static struct arch_timer_data __initdata *arch_timer_data_p;
+
+static int __init arch_timer_data_init(struct acpi_table_header *table)
+{
+	struct acpi_table_gtdt *gtdt;
+
+	gtdt = container_of(table, struct acpi_table_gtdt, header);
+
+	arch_timer_data_p->phys_secure_ppi =
+		map_generic_timer_interrupt(gtdt->secure_el1_interrupt,
+					    gtdt->secure_el1_flags);
+
+	arch_timer_data_p->phys_nonsecure_ppi =
+		map_generic_timer_interrupt(gtdt->non_secure_el1_interrupt,
+					    gtdt->non_secure_el1_flags);
+
+	arch_timer_data_p->virt_ppi =
+		map_generic_timer_interrupt(gtdt->virtual_timer_interrupt,
+					    gtdt->virtual_timer_flags);
+
+	arch_timer_data_p->hyp_ppi =
+		map_generic_timer_interrupt(gtdt->non_secure_el2_interrupt,
+					    gtdt->non_secure_el2_flags);
+
+	arch_timer_data_p->c3stop = !(gtdt->non_secure_el1_flags &
+				      ACPI_GTDT_ALWAYS_ON);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Initialize the arch_timer_data struct for arm_arch_timer by GTDT info */
+int __init gtdt_arch_timer_data_init(struct arch_timer_data *data)
+{
+	if (acpi_disabled || !data)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	arch_timer_data_p = data;
+
+	return acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_GTDT, arch_timer_data_init);
+}
+
 /*
  * Initialize a SBSA generic Watchdog platform device info from GTDT
  * According to SBSA specification the size of refresh and control
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
index 4e57730..e111025 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ config CLKSRC_STM32
 config ARM_ARCH_TIMER
 	bool
 	select CLKSRC_OF if OF
+	select ACPI_GTDT if ACPI
 
 config ARM_ARCH_TIMER_EVTSTREAM
 	bool "Support for ARM architected timer event stream generation"
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index 0aa135d..99505bb 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -817,68 +817,30 @@ CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE(armv7_arch_timer_mem, "arm,armv7-timer-mem",
 		       arch_timer_mem_init);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-static int __init map_generic_timer_interrupt(u32 interrupt, u32 flags)
-{
-	int trigger, polarity;
-
-	if (!interrupt)
-		return 0;
-
-	trigger = (flags & ACPI_GTDT_INTERRUPT_MODE) ? ACPI_EDGE_SENSITIVE
-			: ACPI_LEVEL_SENSITIVE;
-
-	polarity = (flags & ACPI_GTDT_INTERRUPT_POLARITY) ? ACPI_ACTIVE_LOW
-			: ACPI_ACTIVE_HIGH;
-
-	return acpi_register_gsi(NULL, interrupt, trigger, polarity);
-}
-
 /* Initialize per-processor generic timer */
-static int __init arch_timer_acpi_init(struct acpi_table_header *table)
+void __init arch_timer_acpi_init(void)
 {
-	struct acpi_table_gtdt *gtdt;
+	struct arch_timer_data data;
 
 	if (arch_timers_present & ARCH_CP15_TIMER) {
 		pr_warn("arch_timer: already initialized, skipping\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return;
 	}
 
-	gtdt = container_of(table, struct acpi_table_gtdt, header);
-
 	arch_timers_present |= ARCH_CP15_TIMER;
 
-	arch_timer_ppi[PHYS_SECURE_PPI] =
-		map_generic_timer_interrupt(gtdt->secure_el1_interrupt,
-		gtdt->secure_el1_flags);
-
-	arch_timer_ppi[PHYS_NONSECURE_PPI] =
-		map_generic_timer_interrupt(gtdt->non_secure_el1_interrupt,
-		gtdt->non_secure_el1_flags);
-
-	arch_timer_ppi[VIRT_PPI] =
-		map_generic_timer_interrupt(gtdt->virtual_timer_interrupt,
-		gtdt->virtual_timer_flags);
+	if (gtdt_arch_timer_data_init(&data))
+		return;
 
-	arch_timer_ppi[HYP_PPI] =
-		map_generic_timer_interrupt(gtdt->non_secure_el2_interrupt,
-		gtdt->non_secure_el2_flags);
+	arch_timer_ppi[PHYS_SECURE_PPI] = data.phys_secure_ppi;
+	arch_timer_ppi[PHYS_NONSECURE_PPI] = data.phys_nonsecure_ppi;
+	arch_timer_ppi[VIRT_PPI] = data.virt_ppi;
+	arch_timer_ppi[HYP_PPI] = data.hyp_ppi;
+	/* Always-on capability */
+	arch_timer_c3stop = data.c3stop;
 
 	/* Get the frequency from CNTFRQ */
 	arch_timer_detect_rate(NULL, NULL);
-
-	/* Always-on capability */
-	arch_timer_c3stop = !(gtdt->non_secure_el1_flags & ACPI_GTDT_ALWAYS_ON);
-
 	arch_timer_init();
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* Initialize all the generic timers presented in GTDT */
-void __init acpi_generic_timer_init(void)
-{
-	if (acpi_disabled)
-		return;
-
-	acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_GTDT, arch_timer_acpi_init);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
index 9916d0e..5deed9d 100644
--- a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ enum arch_timer_reg {
 
 #define ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_FREQ	10000	/* 100us */
 
+struct arch_timer_data {
+	int phys_secure_ppi;
+	int phys_nonsecure_ppi;
+	int virt_ppi;
+	int hyp_ppi;
+	bool c3stop;
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER
 
 extern u32 arch_timer_get_rate(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 57c13df..6d7a290 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ void acpi_walk_dep_device_list(acpi_handle handle);
 struct platform_device *acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *);
 #define ACPI_PTR(_ptr)	(_ptr)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_GTDT
+struct arch_timer_data;
+int __init gtdt_arch_timer_data_init(struct arch_timer_data *data);
+#endif
+
 #else	/* !CONFIG_ACPI */
 
 #define acpi_disabled 1
diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index 278dd27..b250b75 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ static inline void clocksource_of_init(void) {}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-void acpi_generic_timer_init(void);
+void arch_timer_acpi_init(void);
 #else
-static inline void acpi_generic_timer_init(void) { }
+static inline void arch_timer_acpi_init(void) { }
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_CLOCKSOURCE_H */
