diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80.dtsi
index abe7bbf8aa832597607d34f7cfbeaf9aa332ccb3..d3dece2eea7213c75fd0d871605afd83f9caa5c5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80.dtsi
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@
 		reg = <0 0x20000000 0x02 0>;
 	};
 
+	timer {
+		compatible = "arm,armv7-timer";
+		interrupts = <GIC_PPI 13 (GIC_CPU_MASK_SIMPLE(4) | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW)>,
+			     <GIC_PPI 14 (GIC_CPU_MASK_SIMPLE(4) | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW)>,
+			     <GIC_PPI 11 (GIC_CPU_MASK_SIMPLE(4) | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW)>,
+			     <GIC_PPI 10 (GIC_CPU_MASK_SIMPLE(4) | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW)>;
+		clock-frequency = <24000000>;
+		arm,cpu-registers-not-fw-configured;
+	};
+
 	clocks {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;