diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/timex.h
index 69f901713fb6f..86aca77339f20 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/timex.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/timex.h
@@ -35,13 +35,8 @@
 # error "Bad timer number for Linux configurations!"
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_XTENSA_CALIBRATE_CCOUNT
 extern unsigned long ccount_freq;
 #define CCOUNT_PER_JIFFY (ccount_freq / HZ)
-#else
-#define CCOUNT_PER_JIFFY (CONFIG_XTENSA_CPU_CLOCK*(1000000UL/HZ))
-#endif
-
 
 typedef unsigned long long cycles_t;
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c
index 24bb0c1776ba8..a65cb3808e1c5 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 #include <asm/timex.h>
 #include <asm/platform.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_XTENSA_CALIBRATE_CCOUNT
 unsigned long ccount_freq;		/* ccount Hz */
-#endif
 
 static cycle_t ccount_read(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
@@ -129,6 +127,8 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 	platform_calibrate_ccount();
 	printk("%d.%02d MHz\n", (int)ccount_freq/1000000,
 			(int)(ccount_freq/10000)%100);
+#else
+	ccount_freq = CONFIG_XTENSA_CPU_CLOCK*1000000UL;
 #endif
 	clocksource_register_hz(&ccount_clocksource, CCOUNT_PER_JIFFY * HZ);