diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/timer.c
index 87c6be1e79bd989d24c64ccfc4a95342be5ddc4d..32ee335d26323287d1d0f27b360dfa2c453e95de 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/timer.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void __init shmobile_init_delay(void)
 	struct device_node *np, *cpus;
 	bool is_a7_a8_a9 = false;
 	bool is_a15 = false;
+	bool has_arch_timer = false;
 	u32 max_freq = 0;
 
 	cpus = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus");
@@ -57,12 +58,16 @@ void __init shmobile_init_delay(void)
 		if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-frequency", &freq))
 			max_freq = max(max_freq, freq);
 
-		if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "arm,cortex-a7") ||
-		    of_device_is_compatible(np, "arm,cortex-a8") ||
-		    of_device_is_compatible(np, "arm,cortex-a9"))
+		if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "arm,cortex-a8") ||
+		    of_device_is_compatible(np, "arm,cortex-a9")) {
 			is_a7_a8_a9 = true;
-		else if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "arm,cortex-a15"))
+		} else if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "arm,cortex-a7")) {
+			is_a7_a8_a9 = true;
+			has_arch_timer = true;
+		} else if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "arm,cortex-a15")) {
 			is_a15 = true;
+			has_arch_timer = true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	of_node_put(cpus);
@@ -70,10 +75,12 @@ void __init shmobile_init_delay(void)
 	if (!max_freq)
 		return;
 
-	if (is_a7_a8_a9)
-		shmobile_setup_delay_hz(max_freq, 1, 3);
-	else if (is_a15 && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER))
-		shmobile_setup_delay_hz(max_freq, 2, 4);
+	if (!has_arch_timer || !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)) {
+		if (is_a7_a8_a9)
+			shmobile_setup_delay_hz(max_freq, 1, 3);
+		else if (is_a15)
+			shmobile_setup_delay_hz(max_freq, 2, 4);
+	}
 }
 
 static void __init shmobile_late_time_init(void)