diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
index 5b5d16b2cac8..5455943f16aa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -557,7 +557,6 @@ extern void mod_return_to_handler(void);
 void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr)
 {
 	unsigned long old;
-	unsigned long long calltime;
 	int faulted;
 	struct ftrace_graph_ent trace;
 	unsigned long return_hooker = (unsigned long)&return_to_handler;
@@ -606,10 +605,7 @@ void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	calltime = cpu_clock(raw_smp_processor_id());
-
-	if (ftrace_push_return_trace(old, calltime,
-				self_addr, &trace.depth) == -EBUSY) {
+	if (ftrace_push_return_trace(old, self_addr, &trace.depth) == -EBUSY) {
 		*parent = old;
 		return;
 	}