diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-atlas7.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-atlas7.c
index 27fa13680be1..7b1a0071a211 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-atlas7.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-atlas7.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static struct notifier_block sirfsoc_cpu_nb = {
 	.notifier_call = sirfsoc_cpu_notify,
 };
 
-static void __init sirfsoc_clockevent_init(void)
+static int __init sirfsoc_clockevent_init(void)
 {
 	sirfsoc_clockevent = alloc_percpu(struct clock_event_device);
 	BUG_ON(!sirfsoc_clockevent);
@@ -246,11 +246,11 @@ static void __init sirfsoc_clockevent_init(void)
 	BUG_ON(register_cpu_notifier(&sirfsoc_cpu_nb));
 
 	/* Immediately configure the timer on the boot CPU */
-	sirfsoc_local_timer_setup(this_cpu_ptr(sirfsoc_clockevent));
+	return sirfsoc_local_timer_setup(this_cpu_ptr(sirfsoc_clockevent));
 }
 
 /* initialize the kernel jiffy timer source */
-static void __init sirfsoc_atlas7_timer_init(struct device_node *np)
+static int __init sirfsoc_atlas7_timer_init(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	struct clk *clk;
 
@@ -279,23 +279,29 @@ static void __init sirfsoc_atlas7_timer_init(struct device_node *np)
 
 	BUG_ON(clocksource_register_hz(&sirfsoc_clocksource, atlas7_timer_rate));
 
-	sirfsoc_clockevent_init();
+	return sirfsoc_clockevent_init();
 }
 
-static void __init sirfsoc_of_timer_init(struct device_node *np)
+static int __init sirfsoc_of_timer_init(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	sirfsoc_timer_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
-	if (!sirfsoc_timer_base)
-		panic("unable to map timer cpu registers\n");
+	if (!sirfsoc_timer_base) {
+		pr_err("unable to map timer cpu registers\n");
+		return -ENXIO;
+	}
 
 	sirfsoc_timer_irq.irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
-	if (!sirfsoc_timer_irq.irq)
-		panic("No irq passed for timer0 via DT\n");
+	if (!sirfsoc_timer_irq.irq) {
+		pr_err("No irq passed for timer0 via DT\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	sirfsoc_timer1_irq.irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 1);
-	if (!sirfsoc_timer1_irq.irq)
-		panic("No irq passed for timer1 via DT\n");
+	if (!sirfsoc_timer1_irq.irq) {
+		pr_err("No irq passed for timer1 via DT\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
-	sirfsoc_atlas7_timer_init(np);
+	return sirfsoc_atlas7_timer_init(np);
 }
-CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE(sirfsoc_atlas7_timer, "sirf,atlas7-tick", sirfsoc_of_timer_init);
+CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE_RET(sirfsoc_atlas7_timer, "sirf,atlas7-tick", sirfsoc_of_timer_init);