diff --git a/include/arch/aarch64/arch.h b/include/arch/aarch64/arch.h
index 1fcd0f9ba..1faddbedc 100644
--- a/include/arch/aarch64/arch.h
+++ b/include/arch/aarch64/arch.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2013-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -597,6 +598,10 @@
 #define CNTP_CTL_IMASK_MASK     U(1)
 #define CNTP_CTL_ISTATUS_MASK   U(1)
 
+/* Physical timer control macros */
+#define CNTP_CTL_ENABLE_BIT	(U(1) << CNTP_CTL_ENABLE_SHIFT)
+#define CNTP_CTL_IMASK_BIT	(U(1) << CNTP_CTL_IMASK_SHIFT)
+
 /* Exception Syndrome register bits and bobs */
 #define ESR_EC_SHIFT			U(26)
 #define ESR_EC_MASK			U(0x3f)
diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_delay_timer.c b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_delay_timer.c
index 63dcf410c..cfd9a15e3 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_delay_timer.c
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_delay_timer.c
@@ -1,31 +1,59 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
+#include <arch.h>
+
 #include <drivers/delay_timer.h>
 #include <lib/mmio.h>
+#include <lib/utils_def.h>
+#include <plat/common/platform.h>
 
 #include <tegra_def.h>
 #include <tegra_private.h>
 
-static uint32_t tegra_timerus_get_value(void)
+static uint32_t tegra_timer_get_value(void)
 {
-	return mmio_read_32(TEGRA_TMRUS_BASE);
+	/* enable cntps_tval_el1 timer, mask interrupt */
+	write_cntps_ctl_el1(CNTP_CTL_IMASK_BIT | CNTP_CTL_ENABLE_BIT);
+
+	/*
+	 * Generic delay timer implementation expects the timer to be a down
+	 * counter. We apply bitwise NOT operator to the tick values returned
+	 * by read_cntps_tval_el1() to simulate the down counter. The value is
+	 * clipped from 64 to 32 bits.
+	 */
+	return (uint32_t)(~read_cntps_tval_el1());
 }
 
 /*
- * Initialise the on-chip free rolling us counter as the delay
- * timer.
+ * Initialise the architecture provided counter as the delay timer.
  */
 void tegra_delay_timer_init(void)
 {
-	static const timer_ops_t tegra_timer_ops = {
-		.get_timer_value	= tegra_timerus_get_value,
-		.clk_mult		= 1,
-		.clk_div		= 1,
-	};
+	static timer_ops_t tegra_timer_ops;
 
+	/* Value in ticks */
+	uint32_t multiplier = MHZ_TICKS_PER_SEC;
+
+	/* Value in ticks per second (Hz) */
+	uint32_t divider  = plat_get_syscnt_freq2();
+
+	/* Reduce multiplier and divider by dividing them repeatedly by 10 */
+	while (((multiplier % 10U) == 0U) && ((divider % 10U) == 0U)) {
+		multiplier /= 10U;
+		divider /= 10U;
+	}
+
+	/* enable cntps_tval_el1 timer, mask interrupt */
+	write_cntps_ctl_el1(CNTP_CTL_IMASK_BIT | CNTP_CTL_ENABLE_BIT);
+
+	/* register the timer */
+	tegra_timer_ops.get_timer_value = tegra_timer_get_value;
+	tegra_timer_ops.clk_mult = multiplier;
+	tegra_timer_ops.clk_div = divider;
 	timer_init(&tegra_timer_ops);
 }