diff --git a/hw/mips/malta.c b/hw/mips/malta.c
index 4019c9dc1a..1e2b750719 100644
--- a/hw/mips/malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips/malta.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "qemu/units.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
+#include "hw/clock.h"
 #include "hw/southbridge/piix.h"
 #include "hw/isa/superio.h"
 #include "hw/char/serial.h"
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "hw/semihosting/semihost.h"
 #include "hw/mips/cps.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-clock.h"
 
 #define ENVP_ADDR           0x80002000l
 #define ENVP_NB_ENTRIES     16
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(MaltaState, MIPS_MALTA)
 struct MaltaState {
     SysBusDevice parent_obj;
 
+    Clock *cpuclk;
     MIPSCPSState cps;
     qemu_irq i8259[ISA_NUM_IRQS];
 };
@@ -1159,7 +1162,7 @@ static void main_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
     }
 }
 
-static void create_cpu_without_cps(MachineState *ms,
+static void create_cpu_without_cps(MachineState *ms, MaltaState *s,
                                    qemu_irq *cbus_irq, qemu_irq *i8259_irq)
 {
     CPUMIPSState *env;
@@ -1167,7 +1170,7 @@ static void create_cpu_without_cps(MachineState *ms,
     int i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < ms->smp.cpus; i++) {
-        cpu = MIPS_CPU(cpu_create(ms->cpu_type));
+        cpu = mips_cpu_create_with_clock(ms->cpu_type, s->cpuclk);
 
         /* Init internal devices */
         cpu_mips_irq_init_cpu(cpu);
@@ -1189,6 +1192,7 @@ static void create_cps(MachineState *ms, MaltaState *s,
                             &error_fatal);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(&s->cps), "num-vp", ms->smp.cpus,
                             &error_fatal);
+    qdev_connect_clock_in(DEVICE(&s->cps), "clk-in", s->cpuclk);
     sysbus_realize(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->cps), &error_fatal);
 
     sysbus_mmio_map_overlap(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->cps), 0, 0, 1);
@@ -1203,7 +1207,7 @@ static void mips_create_cpu(MachineState *ms, MaltaState *s,
     if ((ms->smp.cpus > 1) && cpu_supports_cps_smp(ms->cpu_type)) {
         create_cps(ms, s, cbus_irq, i8259_irq);
     } else {
-        create_cpu_without_cps(ms, cbus_irq, i8259_irq);
+        create_cpu_without_cps(ms, s, cbus_irq, i8259_irq);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1421,10 +1425,19 @@ void mips_malta_init(MachineState *machine)
     pci_vga_init(pci_bus);
 }
 
+static void mips_malta_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    MaltaState *s = MIPS_MALTA(obj);
+
+    s->cpuclk = qdev_init_clock_out(DEVICE(obj), "cpu-refclk");
+    clock_set_hz(s->cpuclk, 320000000); /* 320 MHz */
+}
+
 static const TypeInfo mips_malta_device = {
     .name          = TYPE_MIPS_MALTA,
     .parent        = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
     .instance_size = sizeof(MaltaState),
+    .instance_init = mips_malta_instance_init,
 };
 
 static void mips_malta_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)