diff --git a/arch/mips/vr41xx/common/init.c b/arch/mips/vr41xx/common/init.c
index 8d760df686c4..76d4b5ed3fc0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/vr41xx/common/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/vr41xx/common/init.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ void __init plat_time_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long tclock;
 
+	vr41xx_calculate_clock_frequency();
+
 	tclock = vr41xx_get_tclock_frequency();
 	if (current_cpu_data.processor_id == PRID_VR4131_REV2_0 ||
 	    current_cpu_data.processor_id == PRID_VR4131_REV2_1)
@@ -50,8 +52,6 @@ void __init plat_time_init(void)
 
 void __init plat_mem_setup(void)
 {
-	vr41xx_calculate_clock_frequency();
-
 	iomem_resource_init();
 }