diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
index 87259dc82aa2846dd63cd45a9d4c26bf78114107..d59b51f07cf23a45b22daa2aabf35358c92ba0bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
@@ -66,12 +66,15 @@
 
 static struct omap_dm_timer clkev;
 static struct clock_event_device clockevent_gpt;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SOC_HAS_REALTIME_COUNTER
 static unsigned long arch_timer_freq;
 
 void set_cntfreq(void)
 {
 	omap_smc1(OMAP5_DRA7_MON_SET_CNTFRQ_INDEX, arch_timer_freq);
 }
+#endif
 
 static irqreturn_t omap2_gp_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {