diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index 0652e173813b82f6a7b99c4f1f8a41d5a6e085f3..4a0895bacf5166197b0054706c7830bfe2bdf522 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -363,7 +363,10 @@ void stop_timer_interrupt(void)
 }
 
 static struct irqaction irq0 = {
-	timer_interrupt, IRQF_DISABLED, CPU_MASK_NONE, "timer", NULL, NULL
+	.handler	= timer_interrupt,
+	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_IRQPOLL,
+	.mask		= CPU_MASK_NONE,
+	.name 		= "timer"
 };
 
 void __init time_init(void)