diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch_timer.h
index 92793ba69c4020bc3ae1aac0560f96b7be0347a5..d4ebf5679f1fd90c9422589381423a2bcd70e5bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch_timer.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch_timer.h
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ static inline u32 arch_timer_get_cntfrq(void)
 	return val;
 }
 
+static inline u64 arch_counter_get_cntpct(void)
+{
+	u64 cval;
+
+	isb();
+	asm volatile("mrrc p15, 0, %Q0, %R0, c14" : "=r" (cval));
+	return cval;
+}
+
 static inline u64 arch_counter_get_cntvct(void)
 {
 	u64 cval;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
index f19097134b02d6cc14f4a4f3fe4deb5a6225d6c0..b1fa4e61471814f78e4c5f99ed349afc98541121 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ static inline void arch_timer_set_cntkctl(u32 cntkctl)
 	asm volatile("msr	cntkctl_el1, %0" : : "r" (cntkctl));
 }
 
+static inline u64 arch_counter_get_cntpct(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * AArch64 kernel and user space mandate the use of CNTVCT.
+	 */
+	BUG();
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline u64 arch_counter_get_cntvct(void)
 {
 	u64 cval;
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index 2133f9d59d06323bbf1f69ca80c21ddee66904f6..55256e4fb641022692b424b3d4520db37a70d28c 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -462,7 +462,10 @@ static void __init arch_counter_register(unsigned type)
 
 	/* Register the CP15 based counter if we have one */
 	if (type & ARCH_CP15_TIMER) {
-		arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntvct;
+		if (arch_timer_use_virtual)
+			arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntvct;
+		else
+			arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntpct;
 	} else {
 		arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntvct_mem;