diff --git a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
index 6d26b40..9916d0e 100644
--- a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #ifndef __CLKSOURCE_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_H
 #define __CLKSOURCE_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_H
 
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #define ARCH_TIMER_CTRL_ENABLE		(1 << 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index abcafaa..9c78d15 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #include <asm/div64.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
-/* clocksource cycle base type */
-typedef u64 cycle_t;
 struct clocksource;
 struct module;
 
@@ -28,106 +26,6 @@
 #endif
 
 /**
- * struct cyclecounter - hardware abstraction for a free running counter
- *	Provides completely state-free accessors to the underlying hardware.
- *	Depending on which hardware it reads, the cycle counter may wrap
- *	around quickly. Locking rules (if necessary) have to be defined
- *	by the implementor and user of specific instances of this API.
- *
- * @read:		returns the current cycle value
- * @mask:		bitmask for two's complement
- *			subtraction of non 64 bit counters,
- *			see CLOCKSOURCE_MASK() helper macro
- * @mult:		cycle to nanosecond multiplier
- * @shift:		cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two)
- */
-struct cyclecounter {
-	cycle_t (*read)(const struct cyclecounter *cc);
-	cycle_t mask;
-	u32 mult;
-	u32 shift;
-};
-
-/**
- * struct timecounter - layer above a %struct cyclecounter which counts nanoseconds
- *	Contains the state needed by timecounter_read() to detect
- *	cycle counter wrap around. Initialize with
- *	timecounter_init(). Also used to convert cycle counts into the
- *	corresponding nanosecond counts with timecounter_cyc2time(). Users
- *	of this code are responsible for initializing the underlying
- *	cycle counter hardware, locking issues and reading the time
- *	more often than the cycle counter wraps around. The nanosecond
- *	counter will only wrap around after ~585 years.
- *
- * @cc:			the cycle counter used by this instance
- * @cycle_last:		most recent cycle counter value seen by
- *			timecounter_read()
- * @nsec:		continuously increasing count
- */
-struct timecounter {
-	const struct cyclecounter *cc;
-	cycle_t cycle_last;
-	u64 nsec;
-};
-
-/**
- * cyclecounter_cyc2ns - converts cycle counter cycles to nanoseconds
- * @cc:		Pointer to cycle counter.
- * @cycles:	Cycles
- *
- * XXX - This could use some mult_lxl_ll() asm optimization. Same code
- * as in cyc2ns, but with unsigned result.
- */
-static inline u64 cyclecounter_cyc2ns(const struct cyclecounter *cc,
-				      cycle_t cycles)
-{
-	u64 ret = (u64)cycles;
-	ret = (ret * cc->mult) >> cc->shift;
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * timecounter_init - initialize a time counter
- * @tc:			Pointer to time counter which is to be initialized/reset
- * @cc:			A cycle counter, ready to be used.
- * @start_tstamp:	Arbitrary initial time stamp.
- *
- * After this call the current cycle register (roughly) corresponds to
- * the initial time stamp. Every call to timecounter_read() increments
- * the time stamp counter by the number of elapsed nanoseconds.
- */
-extern void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc,
-			     const struct cyclecounter *cc,
-			     u64 start_tstamp);
-
-/**
- * timecounter_read - return nanoseconds elapsed since timecounter_init()
- *                    plus the initial time stamp
- * @tc:          Pointer to time counter.
- *
- * In other words, keeps track of time since the same epoch as
- * the function which generated the initial time stamp.
- */
-extern u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc);
-
-/**
- * timecounter_cyc2time - convert a cycle counter to same
- *                        time base as values returned by
- *                        timecounter_read()
- * @tc:		Pointer to time counter.
- * @cycle_tstamp:	a value returned by tc->cc->read()
- *
- * Cycle counts that are converted correctly as long as they
- * fall into the interval [-1/2 max cycle count, +1/2 max cycle count],
- * with "max cycle count" == cs->mask+1.
- *
- * This allows conversion of cycle counter values which were generated
- * in the past.
- */
-extern u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
-				cycle_t cycle_tstamp);
-
-/**
  * struct clocksource - hardware abstraction for a free running counter
  *	Provides mostly state-free accessors to the underlying hardware.
  *	This is the structure used for system time.
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
index 25c791e..f1e41b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
 
 #define MAX_MSIX_P_PORT		17
 #define MAX_MSIX		64
diff --git a/include/linux/timecounter.h b/include/linux/timecounter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..146f07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/timecounter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ * linux/include/linux/timecounter.h
+ *
+ * based on code that migrated away from
+ * linux/include/linux/clocksource.h
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_TIMECOUNTER_H
+#define _LINUX_TIMECOUNTER_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct cyclecounter - hardware abstraction for a free running counter
+ *	Provides completely state-free accessors to the underlying hardware.
+ *	Depending on which hardware it reads, the cycle counter may wrap
+ *	around quickly. Locking rules (if necessary) have to be defined
+ *	by the implementor and user of specific instances of this API.
+ *
+ * @read:		returns the current cycle value
+ * @mask:		bitmask for two's complement
+ *			subtraction of non 64 bit counters,
+ *			see CLOCKSOURCE_MASK() helper macro
+ * @mult:		cycle to nanosecond multiplier
+ * @shift:		cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two)
+ */
+struct cyclecounter {
+	cycle_t (*read)(const struct cyclecounter *cc);
+	cycle_t mask;
+	u32 mult;
+	u32 shift;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct timecounter - layer above a %struct cyclecounter which counts nanoseconds
+ *	Contains the state needed by timecounter_read() to detect
+ *	cycle counter wrap around. Initialize with
+ *	timecounter_init(). Also used to convert cycle counts into the
+ *	corresponding nanosecond counts with timecounter_cyc2time(). Users
+ *	of this code are responsible for initializing the underlying
+ *	cycle counter hardware, locking issues and reading the time
+ *	more often than the cycle counter wraps around. The nanosecond
+ *	counter will only wrap around after ~585 years.
+ *
+ * @cc:			the cycle counter used by this instance
+ * @cycle_last:		most recent cycle counter value seen by
+ *			timecounter_read()
+ * @nsec:		continuously increasing count
+ */
+struct timecounter {
+	const struct cyclecounter *cc;
+	cycle_t cycle_last;
+	u64 nsec;
+};
+
+/**
+ * cyclecounter_cyc2ns - converts cycle counter cycles to nanoseconds
+ * @cc:		Pointer to cycle counter.
+ * @cycles:	Cycles
+ *
+ * XXX - This could use some mult_lxl_ll() asm optimization. Same code
+ * as in cyc2ns, but with unsigned result.
+ */
+static inline u64 cyclecounter_cyc2ns(const struct cyclecounter *cc,
+				      cycle_t cycles)
+{
+	u64 ret = (u64)cycles;
+	ret = (ret * cc->mult) >> cc->shift;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * timecounter_init - initialize a time counter
+ * @tc:			Pointer to time counter which is to be initialized/reset
+ * @cc:			A cycle counter, ready to be used.
+ * @start_tstamp:	Arbitrary initial time stamp.
+ *
+ * After this call the current cycle register (roughly) corresponds to
+ * the initial time stamp. Every call to timecounter_read() increments
+ * the time stamp counter by the number of elapsed nanoseconds.
+ */
+extern void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc,
+			     const struct cyclecounter *cc,
+			     u64 start_tstamp);
+
+/**
+ * timecounter_read - return nanoseconds elapsed since timecounter_init()
+ *                    plus the initial time stamp
+ * @tc:          Pointer to time counter.
+ *
+ * In other words, keeps track of time since the same epoch as
+ * the function which generated the initial time stamp.
+ */
+extern u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc);
+
+/**
+ * timecounter_cyc2time - convert a cycle counter to same
+ *                        time base as values returned by
+ *                        timecounter_read()
+ * @tc:		Pointer to time counter.
+ * @cycle_tstamp:	a value returned by tc->cc->read()
+ *
+ * Cycle counts that are converted correctly as long as they
+ * fall into the interval [-1/2 max cycle count, +1/2 max cycle count],
+ * with "max cycle count" == cs->mask+1.
+ *
+ * This allows conversion of cycle counter values which were generated
+ * in the past.
+ */
+extern u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
+				cycle_t cycle_tstamp);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index a0bb704..6232382 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -213,5 +213,8 @@
 };
 #define rcu_head callback_head
 
+/* clocksource cycle base type */
+typedef u64 cycle_t;
+
 #endif /*  __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_TYPES_H */