diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-u300.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-u300.c
index 32adc30..37cba8d 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-u300.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-u300.c
@@ -330,12 +330,6 @@
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static struct irqaction u300_timer_irq = {
-	.name		= "U300 Timer Tick",
-	.flags		= IRQF_TIMER | IRQF_IRQPOLL,
-	.handler	= u300_timer_interrupt,
-};
-
 /*
  * Override the global weak sched_clock symbol with this
  * local implementation which uses the clocksource to get some
@@ -420,7 +414,8 @@
 		u300_timer_base + U300_TIMER_APP_RGPT1);
 
 	/* Set up the IRQ handler */
-	ret = setup_irq(irq, &u300_timer_irq);
+	ret = request_irq(irq, u300_timer_interrupt,
+			  IRQF_TIMER | IRQF_IRQPOLL, "U300 Timer Tick", NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;