diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/timex_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/timex_32.h
index b6ccdb0d6f7d..b805c511755d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/timex_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/timex_32.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 #define CLOCK_TICK_RATE	1193180 /* Underlying HZ */
 
-/* XXX Maybe do something better at some point... -DaveM */
-typedef unsigned long cycles_t;
-#define get_cycles()	(0)
+#include <asm-generic/timex.h>
 
 #endif