diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-370-xp-timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-370-xp-timer.txt
index 8b6ea2267c9..64830118b01 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-370-xp-timer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-370-xp-timer.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Required properties:
 - compatible: Should be "marvell,armada-370-xp-timer"
 - interrupts: Should contain the list of Global Timer interrupts
 - reg: Should contain the base address of the Global Timer registers
+- clocks: clock driving the timer hardware
 
 Optional properties:
 - marvell,timer-25Mhz: Tells whether the Global timer supports the 25
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-db.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-db.dts
index fffd5c2a304..4a31b039662 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-db.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-db.dts
@@ -34,9 +34,5 @@
 			clock-frequency = <200000000>;
 			status = "okay";
 		};
-		timer@d0020300 {
-			clock-frequency = <600000000>;
-			status = "okay";
-		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
index 16cc82cdaa8..94b4b9e0357 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 			       compatible = "marvell,armada-370-xp-timer";
 			       reg = <0xd0020300 0x30>;
 			       interrupts = <37>, <38>, <39>, <40>;
+			       clocks = <&coreclk 2>;
 		};
 
 		addr-decoding@d0020000 {
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/time-armada-370-xp.c b/drivers/clocksource/time-armada-370-xp.c
index 4674f94957c..a4605fd7e30 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/time-armada-370-xp.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/time-armada-370-xp.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/clockchips.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
@@ -167,7 +168,6 @@ void __init armada_370_xp_timer_init(void)
 	u32 u;
 	struct device_node *np;
 	unsigned int timer_clk;
-	int ret;
 	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "marvell,armada-370-xp-timer");
 	timer_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
 	WARN_ON(!timer_base);
@@ -179,13 +179,14 @@ void __init armada_370_xp_timer_init(void)
 		       timer_base + TIMER_CTRL_OFF);
 		timer_clk = 25000000;
 	} else {
-		u32 clk = 0;
-		ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-frequency", &clk);
-		WARN_ON(!clk || ret < 0);
+		unsigned long rate = 0;
+		struct clk *clk = of_clk_get(np, 0);
+		WARN_ON(IS_ERR(clk));
+		rate =  clk_get_rate(clk);
 		u = readl(timer_base + TIMER_CTRL_OFF);
 		writel(u & ~(TIMER0_25MHZ | TIMER1_25MHZ),
 		       timer_base + TIMER_CTRL_OFF);
-		timer_clk = clk / TIMER_DIVIDER;
+		timer_clk = rate / TIMER_DIVIDER;
 	}
 
 	/* We use timer 0 as clocksource, and timer 1 for