diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-secure.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-secure.h
index 0e729170c46b..a5ee09d20ac9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-secure.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-secure.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 #define OMAP4_MON_L2X0_AUXCTRL_INDEX	0x109
 #define OMAP4_MON_L2X0_PREFETCH_INDEX	0x113
 
+#define OMAP5_DRA7_MON_SET_CNTFRQ_INDEX	0x109
+
 /* Secure PPA(Primary Protected Application) APIs */
 #define OMAP4_PPA_L2_POR_INDEX		0x23
 #define OMAP4_PPA_CPU_ACTRL_SMP_INDEX	0x25
@@ -60,5 +62,7 @@ extern int omap_barrier_reserve_memblock(void);
 static inline void omap_barrier_reserve_memblock(void)
 { }
 #endif
+
+void set_cntfreq(void);
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
 #endif /* OMAP_ARCH_OMAP_SECURE_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
index 891211093295..75e95d4fb448 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ static void omap4_secondary_init(unsigned int cpu)
 		omap_secure_dispatcher(OMAP4_PPA_CPU_ACTRL_SMP_INDEX,
 							4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * Configure the CNTFRQ register for the secondary cpu's which
+	 * indicates the frequency of the cpu local timers.
+	 */
+	if (soc_is_omap54xx() || soc_is_dra7xx())
+		set_cntfreq();
+
 	/*
 	 * Synchronise with the boot thread.
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
index d0f80c020423..87259dc82aa2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "soc.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "powerdomain.h"
+#include "omap-secure.h"
 
 #define REALTIME_COUNTER_BASE				0x48243200
 #define INCREMENTER_NUMERATOR_OFFSET			0x10
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@
 
 static struct omap_dm_timer clkev;
 static struct clock_event_device clockevent_gpt;
+static unsigned long arch_timer_freq;
+
+void set_cntfreq(void)
+{
+	omap_smc1(OMAP5_DRA7_MON_SET_CNTFRQ_INDEX, arch_timer_freq);
+}
 
 static irqreturn_t omap2_gp_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
@@ -546,6 +553,9 @@ static void __init realtime_counter_init(void)
 	reg |= den;
 	__raw_writel(reg, base + INCREMENTER_DENUMERATOR_RELOAD_OFFSET);
 
+	arch_timer_freq = (rate / den) * num;
+	set_cntfreq();
+
 	iounmap(base);
 }
 #else