diff --git a/arch/m68k/platform/5206/config.c b/arch/m68k/platform/5206/config.c
index aca6253191f729ccea8adf93a513c5cab05bf498..c81dd51ff758a9d26f5af4525e7f0c5b0cbb1343 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/platform/5206/config.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/platform/5206/config.c
@@ -19,23 +19,6 @@
 
 /***************************************************************************/
 
-static void __init m5206_timers_init(void)
-{
-	/* Timer1 is always used as system timer */
-	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL6 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
-		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER1ICR);
-	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_TIMER, MCFINTC_TIMER1);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPROFILE
-	/* Timer2 is to be used as a high speed profile timer  */
-	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL7 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
-		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER2ICR);
-	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_PROFILER, MCFINTC_TIMER2);
-#endif
-}
-
-/***************************************************************************/
-
 void m5206_cpu_reset(void)
 {
 	local_irq_disable();
@@ -57,7 +40,6 @@ void __init config_BSP(char *commandp, int size)
 
 	mach_reset = m5206_cpu_reset;
 	mach_sched_init = hw_timer_init;
-	m5206_timers_init();
 
 	/* Only support the external interrupts on their primary level */
 	mcf_mapirq2imr(25, MCFINTC_EINT1);
diff --git a/arch/m68k/platform/5249/config.c b/arch/m68k/platform/5249/config.c
index d00e12a378cc766d3ec17293b369e5062ee04fb5..cda273383226604a8f3e065529d7d0cf2078be96 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/platform/5249/config.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/platform/5249/config.c
@@ -83,23 +83,6 @@ static void __init m5249_smc91x_init(void)
 
 /***************************************************************************/
 
-static void __init m5249_timers_init(void)
-{
-	/* Timer1 is always used as system timer */
-	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL6 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
-		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER1ICR);
-	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_TIMER, MCFINTC_TIMER1);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPROFILE
-	/* Timer2 is to be used as a high speed profile timer  */
-	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL7 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
-		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER2ICR);
-	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_PROFILER, MCFINTC_TIMER2);
-#endif
-}
-
-/***************************************************************************/
-
 void m5249_cpu_reset(void)
 {
 	local_irq_disable();
@@ -115,7 +98,6 @@ void __init config_BSP(char *commandp, int size)
 {
 	mach_reset = m5249_cpu_reset;
 	mach_sched_init = hw_timer_init;
-	m5249_timers_init();
 #ifdef CONFIG_M5249C3
 	m5249_smc91x_init();
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/m68k/platform/5307/config.c b/arch/m68k/platform/5307/config.c
index 89722cdbd0261f6d1186298c0b9f34d192d9c22b..5f4bf6cb017f87e438ad49860065787ccb590251 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/platform/5307/config.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/platform/5307/config.c
@@ -28,23 +28,6 @@ unsigned char ledbank = 0xff;
 
 /***************************************************************************/
 
-static void __init m5307_timers_init(void)
-{
-	/* Timer1 is always used as system timer */
-	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL6 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
-		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER1ICR);
-	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_TIMER, MCFINTC_TIMER1);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPROFILE
-	/* Timer2 is to be used as a high speed profile timer  */
-	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL7 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
-		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER2ICR);
-	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_PROFILER, MCFINTC_TIMER2);
-#endif
-}
-
-/***************************************************************************/
-
 void m5307_cpu_reset(void)
 {
 	local_irq_disable();
@@ -67,7 +50,6 @@ void __init config_BSP(char *commandp, int size)
 
 	mach_reset = m5307_cpu_reset;
 	mach_sched_init = hw_timer_init;
-	m5307_timers_init();
 
 	/* Only support the external interrupts on their primary level */
 	mcf_mapirq2imr(25, MCFINTC_EINT1);
diff --git a/arch/m68k/platform/5407/config.c b/arch/m68k/platform/5407/config.c
index e3b4cab0feb369af7e888a9423547a9ac8b47ad2..19c612557b9802b3945a3d85eddc943e8dbefa72 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/platform/5407/config.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/platform/5407/config.c
@@ -19,23 +19,6 @@
 
 /***************************************************************************/
 
-static void __init m5407_timers_init(void)
-{
-	/* Timer1 is always used as system timer */
-	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL6 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
-		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER1ICR);
-	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_TIMER, MCFINTC_TIMER1);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPROFILE
-	/* Timer2 is to be used as a high speed profile timer  */
-	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL7 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
-		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER2ICR);
-	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_PROFILER, MCFINTC_TIMER2);
-#endif
-}
-
-/***************************************************************************/
-
 void m5407_cpu_reset(void)
 {
 	local_irq_disable();
@@ -51,7 +34,6 @@ void __init config_BSP(char *commandp, int size)
 {
 	mach_reset = m5407_cpu_reset;
 	mach_sched_init = hw_timer_init;
-	m5407_timers_init();
 
 	/* Only support the external interrupts on their primary level */
 	mcf_mapirq2imr(25, MCFINTC_EINT1);
diff --git a/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/timers.c b/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/timers.c
index d0b4e9798fdef0fb004024feeaee0dbf1bce62cc..ed96ce50d79f1163bf2df6830fdb6b148eb84a17 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/timers.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/timers.c
@@ -51,6 +51,25 @@ static irq_handler_t timer_interrupt;
 
 /***************************************************************************/
 
+static void init_timer_irq(void)
+{
+#ifdef MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC
+	/* Timer1 is always used as system timer */
+	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL6 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
+		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER1ICR);
+	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_TIMER, MCFINTC_TIMER1);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPROFILE
+	/* Timer2 is to be used as a high speed profile timer  */
+	writeb(MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC | MCFSIM_ICR_LEVEL7 | MCFSIM_ICR_PRI3,
+		MCF_MBAR + MCFSIM_TIMER2ICR);
+	mcf_mapirq2imr(MCF_IRQ_PROFILER, MCFINTC_TIMER2);
+#endif
+#endif /* MCFSIM_ICR_AUTOVEC */
+}
+
+/***************************************************************************/
+
 static irqreturn_t mcftmr_tick(int irq, void *dummy)
 {
 	/* Reset the ColdFire timer */
@@ -113,6 +132,7 @@ void hw_timer_init(irq_handler_t handler)
 	clocksource_register_hz(&mcftmr_clk, FREQ);
 
 	timer_interrupt = handler;
+	init_timer_irq();
 	setup_irq(MCF_IRQ_TIMER, &mcftmr_timer_irq);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPROFILE