diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
index e191c096ab90..db832fd65ecb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ static void lguest_time_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 static void lguest_time_init(void)
 {
 	/* Set up the timer interrupt (0) to go to our simple timer routine */
+	lguest_setup_irq(0);
 	irq_set_handler(0, lguest_time_irq);
 
 	clocksource_register_hz(&lguest_clock, NSEC_PER_SEC);