diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4-ape6evm-reference.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4-ape6evm-reference.dts
index 2bcf69124a6a..84e05f713c54 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4-ape6evm-reference.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4-ape6evm-reference.dts
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
 	voltage-tolerance = <1>; /* 1% */
 };
 
+&cmt1 {
+	status = "okay";
+};
+
 &pfc {
 	scifa0_pins: serial0 {
 		renesas,groups = "scifa0_data";
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
index c17afef92e8d..80939671b034 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@
 		compatible = "renesas,rmobile-iic";
 		reg = <0 0xe60b0000 0 0x428>;
 		interrupts = <0 179 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+
+		status = "disabled";
+	};
+
+	cmt1: timer@e6130000 {
+		compatible = "renesas,cmt-48-gen2";
+		reg = <0 0xe6130000 0 0x1004>;
+		interrupts = <0 120 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+
+		renesas,channels-mask = <0xff>;
+
 		status = "disabled";
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-ape6evm-reference.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-ape6evm-reference.c
index a6503d8c77de..7c7c6f7cb0e3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-ape6evm-reference.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-ape6evm-reference.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ static void __init ape6evm_add_standard_devices(void)
 	clk_put(parent);
 	clk_put(mp);
 
-	r8a73a4_add_dt_devices();
 	of_platform_populate(NULL, of_default_bus_match_table, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/r8a73a4.h b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/r8a73a4.h
index 5fafd6fcedf7..70dcd847a86e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/r8a73a4.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/r8a73a4.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ enum {
 };
 
 void r8a73a4_add_standard_devices(void);
-void r8a73a4_add_dt_devices(void);
 void r8a73a4_clock_init(void);
 void r8a73a4_pinmux_init(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a73a4.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a73a4.c
index 53f40b70680d..179f28a2f794 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a73a4.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a73a4.c
@@ -180,18 +180,13 @@ static struct resource cmt1_resources[] = {
 	DEFINE_RES_IRQ(gic_spi(120)),
 };
 
-#define r8a7790_register_cmt(idx)					\
+#define r8a73a4_register_cmt(idx)					\
 	platform_device_register_resndata(NULL, "sh-cmt-48-gen2",	\
 					  idx, cmt##idx##_resources,	\
 					  ARRAY_SIZE(cmt##idx##_resources), \
 					  &cmt##idx##_platform_data,	\
 					  sizeof(struct sh_timer_config))
 
-void __init r8a73a4_add_dt_devices(void)
-{
-	r8a7790_register_cmt(1);
-}
-
 /* DMA */
 static const struct sh_dmae_slave_config dma_slaves[] = {
 	{
@@ -282,7 +277,7 @@ static struct resource dma_resources[] = {
 
 void __init r8a73a4_add_standard_devices(void)
 {
-	r8a73a4_add_dt_devices();
+	r8a73a4_register_cmt(1);
 	r8a73a4_register_scif(0);
 	r8a73a4_register_scif(1);
 	r8a73a4_register_scif(2);