diff --git a/plat/arm/common/aarch64/arm_common.c b/plat/arm/common/aarch64/arm_common.c
index 74c65ed3388acd28744ef59408249c31ed463a7f..cf1f3ba9e4b1d6d5aa97ceb2afb452feb1d8e98a 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/aarch64/arm_common.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/aarch64/arm_common.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ const mmap_region_t *plat_arm_get_mmap(void)
 	return plat_arm_mmap;
 }
 
+#ifdef ARM_SYS_CNTCTL_BASE
 unsigned long long plat_get_syscnt_freq(void)
 {
 	unsigned long long counter_base_frequency;
@@ -176,3 +177,4 @@ unsigned long long plat_get_syscnt_freq(void)
 
 	return counter_base_frequency;
 }
+#endif /* ARM_SYS_CNTCTL_BASE */