diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_bl31_setup.c b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_bl31_setup.c
index 8307af706abb173b37af84a0241c8d960762e223..a61146d03ba478f7b1b4235b181eb1faeca574cd 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_bl31_setup.c
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_bl31_setup.c
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ void bl31_early_platform_setup(bl31_params_t *from_bl2,
 			TEGRA_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize delay timer
+	 */
+	tegra_delay_timer_init();
+
 	/*
 	 * Do initial security configuration to allow DRAM/device access.
 	 */
@@ -263,11 +268,6 @@ void bl31_platform_setup(void)
 	/* Initialize the gic cpu and distributor interfaces */
 	plat_gic_setup();
 
-	/*
-	 * Initialize delay timer
-	 */
-	tegra_delay_timer_init();
-
 	/*
 	 * Setup secondary CPU POR infrastructure.
 	 */