diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/clocks-common.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/clocks-common.c
index eda3451e73460a6b4a3e3ea502f55230234dc6f1..6c8226d39327eecff443f265de5b8a1725284140 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/clocks-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/clocks-common.c
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ void prcm_init(void)
 	case OMAP_INIT_CONTEXT_UBOOT_FROM_NOR:
 	case OMAP_INIT_CONTEXT_UBOOT_AFTER_CH:
 		enable_basic_clocks();
+		timer_init();
 		scale_vcores(*omap_vcores);
 		setup_dplls();
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CLOCKS_ENABLE_ALL
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c
index 0776d5c6e8a717de4fac944eb36161a6503ec677..5df116edbe67b379b50952b896635c248ad7bc25 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ void s_init(void)
 #endif
 	prcm_init();
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-	timer_init();
-
 	/* For regular u-boot sdram_init() is called from dram_init() */
 	sdram_init();
 #endif