diff --git a/plat/layerscape/common/ls_timer.c b/plat/layerscape/common/ls_timer.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <mmio.h>
+#include <delay_timer.h>
+#include <arch_helpers.h>
+
+#define TIMER_BASE_ADDR 0x02B00000
+
+uint64_t ls_get_timer(uint64_t start)
+{
+	return read_cntpct_el0() * 1000 / read_cntfrq_el0() - start;
+}
+
+static uint32_t ls_timeus_get_value(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Generic delay timer implementation expects the timer to be a down
+	 * counter. We apply bitwise NOT operator to the tick values returned
+	 * by read_cntpct_el0() to simulate the down counter. The value is
+	 * clipped from 64 to 32 bits.
+	 */
+	return (uint32_t)(~read_cntpct_el0());
+}
+
+static const timer_ops_t ls_timer_ops = {
+	.get_timer_value	= ls_timeus_get_value,
+	.clk_mult		= 1,
+	.clk_div		= 25,
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * Initialise the nxp layerscape on-chip free rolling us counter as the delay
+ * timer.
+ */
+void ls_delay_timer_init(void)
+{
+	uintptr_t cntcr =  TIMER_BASE_ADDR;
+
+	mmio_write_32(cntcr, 0x1);
+
+	timer_init(&ls_timer_ops);
+}