diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra186.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra186.c
index 224c54908062..ece6e8d150e3 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra186.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-tegra186.c
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ static void tegra186_wdt_enable(struct tegra186_wdt *wdt)
 		value &= ~WDTCR_PERIOD_MASK;
 		value |= WDTCR_PERIOD(1);
 
-		/* enable local interrupt for WDT petting */
-		value |= WDTCR_LOCAL_INT_ENABLE;
-
 		/* enable local FIQ and remote interrupt for debug dump */
 		if (0)
 			value |= WDTCR_REMOTE_INT_ENABLE |
@@ -427,23 +424,10 @@ static int tegra186_timer_usec_init(struct tegra186_timer *tegra)
 	return clocksource_register_hz(&tegra->usec, USEC_PER_SEC);
 }
 
-static irqreturn_t tegra186_timer_irq(int irq, void *data)
-{
-	struct tegra186_timer *tegra = data;
-
-	if (watchdog_active(&tegra->wdt->base)) {
-		tegra186_wdt_disable(tegra->wdt);
-		tegra186_wdt_enable(tegra->wdt);
-	}
-
-	return IRQ_HANDLED;
-}
-
 static int tegra186_timer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct tegra186_timer *tegra;
-	unsigned int irq;
 	int err;
 
 	tegra = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*tegra), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -462,8 +446,6 @@ static int tegra186_timer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	irq = err;
-
 	/* create a watchdog using a preconfigured timer */
 	tegra->wdt = tegra186_wdt_create(tegra, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(tegra->wdt)) {
@@ -490,17 +472,8 @@ static int tegra186_timer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto unregister_osc;
 	}
 
-	err = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, tegra186_timer_irq, 0,
-			       "tegra186-timer", tegra);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to request IRQ#%u: %d\n", irq, err);
-		goto unregister_usec;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 
-unregister_usec:
-	clocksource_unregister(&tegra->usec);
 unregister_osc:
 	clocksource_unregister(&tegra->osc);
 unregister_tsc: