diff --git a/arch/nds32/kernel/time.c b/arch/nds32/kernel/time.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ac9d78ce3a818926dd61bd23cddfa10e495b7a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/nds32/kernel/time.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+// Copyright (C) 2005-2017 Andes Technology Corporation
+
+#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/clk-provider.h>
+
+void __init time_init(void)
+{
+	of_clk_init(NULL);
+	timer_probe();
+}