diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile
index bd76394ccaf8..05c2ffc1030a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TWL4030_CORE) += omap_twl.o
 
 # SMP support ONLY available for OMAP4
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)			+= omap-smp.o omap-headsmp.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS)		+= timer-mpu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)		+= omap-hotplug.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP4)		+= omap4-common.o omap-wakeupgen.o \
 					   sleep44xx.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-mpu.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-mpu.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 31c0ac4cd66a..000000000000
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-mpu.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * The MPU local timer source file. In OMAP4, both cortex-a9 cores have
- * own timer in it's MPU domain. These timers will be driving the
- * linux kernel SMP tick framework when active. These timers are not
- * part of the wake up domain.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2009 Texas Instruments, Inc.
- *
- * Author:
- *      Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com>
- *
- * This file is based on arm realview smp platform file.
- * Copyright (C) 2002 ARM Ltd.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- */
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/clockchips.h>
-#include <asm/irq.h>
-#include <asm/smp_twd.h>
-#include <asm/localtimer.h>
-
-/*
- * Setup the local clock events for a CPU.
- */
-int __cpuinit local_timer_setup(struct clock_event_device *evt)
-{
-	/* Local timers are not supprted on OMAP4430 ES1.0 */
-	if (omap_rev() == OMAP4430_REV_ES1_0)
-		return -ENXIO;
-
-	evt->irq = OMAP44XX_IRQ_LOCALTIMER;
-	twd_timer_setup(evt);
-	return 0;
-}
-
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
index 5c9acea95761..c512bac69ec5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/mach/time.h>
 #include <plat/dmtimer.h>
-#include <asm/localtimer.h>
+#include <asm/smp_twd.h>
 #include <asm/sched_clock.h>
 #include "common.h"
 #include <plat/omap_hwmod.h>
@@ -324,14 +324,26 @@ OMAP_SYS_TIMER(3_secure)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP4
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS
+static DEFINE_TWD_LOCAL_TIMER(twd_local_timer,
+			      OMAP44XX_LOCAL_TWD_BASE,
+			      OMAP44XX_IRQ_LOCALTIMER);
+#endif
+
 static void __init omap4_timer_init(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS
-	twd_base = ioremap(OMAP44XX_LOCAL_TWD_BASE, SZ_256);
-	BUG_ON(!twd_base);
-#endif
 	omap2_gp_clockevent_init(1, OMAP4_CLKEV_SOURCE);
 	omap2_gp_clocksource_init(2, OMAP4_MPU_SOURCE);
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS
+	/* Local timers are not supprted on OMAP4430 ES1.0 */
+	if (omap_rev() != OMAP4430_REV_ES1_0) {
+		int err;
+
+		err = twd_local_timer_register(&twd_local_timer);
+		if (err)
+			pr_err("twd_local_timer_register failed %d\n", err);
+	}
+#endif
 }
 OMAP_SYS_TIMER(4)
 #endif