diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 2f7672545fe9..e970887b9e69 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ config PARAVIRT
 
 config VMI
 	bool "VMI Paravirt-ops support"
-	depends on PARAVIRT && !NO_HZ
+	depends on PARAVIRT
 	default y
 	help
 	  VMI provides a paravirtualized interface to multiple hypervisors
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c
index a8aa57e77029..30e8253e6eef 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ void __init vmi_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
 	no_timer_check = 1;
 #endif
+	no_sync_cmos_clock = 1;
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF);
 }
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vmitime.c b/arch/i386/kernel/vmitime.c
index 4bb218e2eb14..d21779749838 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmitime.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmitime.c
@@ -153,13 +153,6 @@ static void vmi_get_wallclock_ts(struct timespec *ts)
 	ts->tv_sec = wallclock;
 }
 
-static void update_xtime_from_wallclock(void)
-{
-	struct timespec ts;
-	vmi_get_wallclock_ts(&ts);
-	do_settimeofday(&ts);
-}
-
 unsigned long vmi_get_wallclock(void)
 {
 	struct timespec ts;
@@ -197,18 +190,10 @@ void __init vmi_time_init(void)
 	set_intr_gate(LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR, apic_vmi_timer_interrupt);
 #endif
 
-	no_sync_cmos_clock = 1;
-
-	vmi_get_wallclock_ts(&xtime);
-	set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic,
-		-xtime.tv_sec, -xtime.tv_nsec);
-
 	real_cycles_accounted_system = read_real_cycles();
-	update_xtime_from_wallclock();
 	per_cpu(process_times_cycles_accounted_cpu, 0) = read_available_cycles();
 
 	cycles_per_sec = vmi_timer_ops.get_cycle_frequency();
-
 	cycles_per_jiffy = cycles_per_sec;
 	(void)do_div(cycles_per_jiffy, HZ);
 	cycles_per_alarm = cycles_per_sec;