--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/arch/mips/kernel/time.c	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/arch/mips/kernel/time.c	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 
 #include <asm/cpu-features.h>
+#include <asm/cpu-type.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
-#include <asm/smtc_ipi.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
 
 /*
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@
 {
 	plat_time_init();
 
-	if (!mips_clockevent_init() || !cpu_has_mfc0_count_bug())
+	/*
+	 * The use of the R4k timer as a clock event takes precedence;
+	 * if reading the Count register might interfere with the timer
+	 * interrupt, then we don't use the timer as a clock source.
+	 * We may still use the timer as a clock source though if the
+	 * timer interrupt isn't reliable; the interference doesn't
+	 * matter then, because we don't use the interrupt.
+	 */
+	if (mips_clockevent_init() != 0 || !cpu_has_mfc0_count_bug())
 		init_mips_clocksource();
 }