diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
index 0e51e69..3fde7de 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
@@ -227,12 +227,9 @@
 {
 	struct clock_event_device *clk = &per_cpu(arc_clockevent_device, cpu);
 
-	clockevents_calc_mult_shift(clk, arc_get_core_freq(), 5);
-
-	clk->max_delta_ns = clockevent_delta2ns(ARC_TIMER_MAX, clk);
 	clk->cpumask = cpumask_of(cpu);
-
-	clockevents_register_device(clk);
+	clockevents_config_and_register(clk, arc_get_core_freq(),
+					0, ARC_TIMER_MAX);
 
 	/*
 	 * setup the per-cpu timer IRQ handler - for all cpus