diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c
index 49cdc3936e..ab46bff5af 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ 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();
 	init_boot_params();