diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/socfpga/timer.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/socfpga/timer.c
index 58fc789e6451534951a169d66ecb4ceefa1ed478..253cde39d1116ae4c227ffc4a364d75ec860ff17 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/socfpga/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/socfpga/timer.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/arch/timer.h>
 
+#define TIMER_LOAD_VAL		0xFFFFFFFF
+
 static const struct socfpga_timer *timer_base = (void *)CONFIG_SYS_TIMERBASE;
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/configs/socfpga_cyclone5.h b/include/configs/socfpga_cyclone5.h
index 708309b08f7cb00e54ac0acfe388ed74b8533a18..54343b83a489e0b864b2e443f04095e812f4b42e 100644
--- a/include/configs/socfpga_cyclone5.h
+++ b/include/configs/socfpga_cyclone5.h
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@
 /* This timer use eosc1 where the clock frequency is fixed
  * throughout any condition */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TIMERBASE		SOCFPGA_OSC1TIMER0_ADDRESS
-/* reload value when timer count to zero */
-#define TIMER_LOAD_VAL			0xFFFFFFFF
 /* Timer info */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOCFPGA_VIRTUAL_TARGET
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_RATE		2400000