diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index af5650169043..106aeb670e54 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ void foo(void)
 	BLANK();
 
 	/* used by fsys_gettimeofday in arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S */
-	DEFINE(IA64_GTOD_LOCK_OFFSET,
-		offsetof (struct fsyscall_gtod_data_t, lock));
+	DEFINE(IA64_GTOD_SEQ_OFFSET,
+		offsetof (struct fsyscall_gtod_data_t, seq);
 	DEFINE(IA64_GTOD_WALL_TIME_OFFSET,
 		offsetof (struct fsyscall_gtod_data_t, wall_time));
 	DEFINE(IA64_GTOD_MONO_TIME_OFFSET,
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S
index 331d42bda77a..fa77de7032b3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ ENTRY(fsys_set_tid_address)
 	FSYS_RETURN
 END(fsys_set_tid_address)
 
-#if IA64_GTOD_LOCK_OFFSET !=0
+#if IA64_GTOD_SEQ_OFFSET !=0
 #error fsys_gettimeofday incompatible with changes to struct fsyscall_gtod_data_t
 #endif
 #if IA64_ITC_JITTER_OFFSET !=0
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/fsyscall_gtod_data.h b/arch/ia64/kernel/fsyscall_gtod_data.h
index 57d2ee6c83e1..146b15b5fec3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/fsyscall_gtod_data.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/fsyscall_gtod_data.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 struct fsyscall_gtod_data_t {
-	seqlock_t	lock;
+	seqcount_t	seq;
 	struct timespec	wall_time;
 	struct timespec monotonic_time;
 	cycle_t		clk_mask;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
index 43920de425f1..8e991a0b5e35 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@
 
 static cycle_t itc_get_cycles(struct clocksource *cs);
 
-struct fsyscall_gtod_data_t fsyscall_gtod_data = {
-	.lock = __SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED(fsyscall_gtod_data.lock),
-};
+struct fsyscall_gtod_data_t fsyscall_gtod_data;
 
 struct itc_jitter_data_t itc_jitter_data;
 
@@ -460,9 +458,7 @@ void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
 void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct timespec *wtm,
 			struct clocksource *c, u32 mult)
 {
-        unsigned long flags;
-
-        write_seqlock_irqsave(&fsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
+	write_seqcount_begin(&fsyscall_gtod_data.seq);
 
         /* copy fsyscall clock data */
         fsyscall_gtod_data.clk_mask = c->mask;
@@ -485,6 +481,6 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct timespec *wtm,
 		fsyscall_gtod_data.monotonic_time.tv_sec++;
 	}
 
-        write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&fsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
+	write_seqcount_end(&fsyscall_gtod_data.seq);
 }