diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/nonsec_virt.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/nonsec_virt.S
index 95ce938..e39aba7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/nonsec_virt.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/nonsec_virt.S
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ ENTRY(_nonsec_init)
  * we do this here instead.
  * But first check if we have the generic timer.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ
+#ifdef COUNTER_FREQUENCY
 	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c0, c1, 1		@ read ID_PFR1
 	and	r0, r0, #CPUID_ARM_GENTIMER_MASK	@ mask arch timer bits
 	cmp	r0, #(1 << CPUID_ARM_GENTIMER_SHIFT)
-	ldreq	r1, =CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ
+	ldreq	r1, =COUNTER_FREQUENCY
 	mcreq	p15, 0, r1, c14, c0, 0		@ write CNTFRQ
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/psci.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/psci.c
index 766b8c7..104dc90 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/psci.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/psci.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static u32 __secure cp15_read_cntp_ctl(void)
 	return val;
 }
 
-#define ONE_MS (CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ / 1000)
+#define ONE_MS (COUNTER_FREQUENCY / 1000)
 
 static void __secure __mdelay(u32 ms)
 {
diff --git a/board/sunxi/board.c b/board/sunxi/board.c
index 5365638..b966012 100644
--- a/board/sunxi/board.c
+++ b/board/sunxi/board.c
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ int board_init(void)
 		 * we avoid the risk of writing to it.
 		 */
 		asm volatile("mrc p15, 0, %0, c14, c0, 0" : "=r"(freq));
-		if (freq != CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ) {
+		if (freq != COUNTER_FREQUENCY) {
 			debug("arch timer frequency is %d Hz, should be %d, fixing ...\n",
-			      freq, CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ);
+			      freq, COUNTER_FREQUENCY);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NON_SECURE
 			printf("arch timer frequency is wrong, but cannot adjust it\n");
 #else
 			asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c14, c0, 0"
-				     : : "r"(CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ));
+				     : : "r"(COUNTER_FREQUENCY));
 #endif
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/include/configs/exynos-common.h b/include/configs/exynos-common.h
index b4f7530..ade66a4 100644
--- a/include/configs/exynos-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/exynos-common.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /* input clock of PLL: 24MHz input clock */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ		24000000
-#define CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ		CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ
+#define COUNTER_FREQUENCY		CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ
 
 #define CONFIG_SETUP_MEMORY_TAGS
 #define CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG
diff --git a/include/configs/ls1021aiot.h b/include/configs/ls1021aiot.h
index db29fa2b..906fc9a 100644
--- a/include/configs/ls1021aiot.h
+++ b/include/configs/ls1021aiot.h
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_PEN_ADDR_BIG_ENDIAN
 #define CONFIG_LAYERSCAPE_NS_ACCESS
 #define CONFIG_SMP_PEN_ADDR		0x01ee0200
-#define CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ		12500000
+#define COUNTER_FREQUENCY		12500000
 
 #define CONFIG_HWCONFIG
 #define HWCONFIG_BUFFER_SIZE		256
diff --git a/include/configs/ls1021aqds.h b/include/configs/ls1021aqds.h
index 4fb8b0c..0f239d4 100644
--- a/include/configs/ls1021aqds.h
+++ b/include/configs/ls1021aqds.h
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ unsigned long get_board_ddr_clk(void);
 #define CONFIG_PEN_ADDR_BIG_ENDIAN
 #define CONFIG_LAYERSCAPE_NS_ACCESS
 #define CONFIG_SMP_PEN_ADDR		0x01ee0200
-#define CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ		12500000
+#define COUNTER_FREQUENCY		12500000
 
 #define CONFIG_HWCONFIG
 #define HWCONFIG_BUFFER_SIZE		256
diff --git a/include/configs/ls1021atwr.h b/include/configs/ls1021atwr.h
index c6438d5..7915c39 100644
--- a/include/configs/ls1021atwr.h
+++ b/include/configs/ls1021atwr.h
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_PEN_ADDR_BIG_ENDIAN
 #define CONFIG_LAYERSCAPE_NS_ACCESS
 #define CONFIG_SMP_PEN_ADDR		0x01ee0200
-#define CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ		12500000
+#define COUNTER_FREQUENCY		12500000
 
 #define CONFIG_HWCONFIG
 #define HWCONFIG_BUFFER_SIZE		256
diff --git a/include/configs/mx7_common.h b/include/configs/mx7_common.h
index 5bf8ad7..e2b05ca 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx7_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx7_common.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_MXC_GPT_HCLK
 #define CONFIG_SYSCOUNTER_TIMER
 #define CONFIG_SC_TIMER_CLK 8000000 /* 8Mhz */
-#define CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ CONFIG_SC_TIMER_CLK
+#define COUNTER_FREQUENCY CONFIG_SC_TIMER_CLK
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CLK
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN	0x1000000
diff --git a/include/configs/sun50i.h b/include/configs/sun50i.h
index 3e5708b..1b7bfb6 100644
--- a/include/configs/sun50i.h
+++ b/include/configs/sun50i.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SUNXI_USB_PHYS	1
 
-#define COUNTER_FREQUENCY	CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ
 #define GICD_BASE		0x1c81000
 #define GICC_BASE		0x1c82000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
index 05ea172..7e5a7dc 100644
--- a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* CPU */
-#define CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ		24000000
+#define COUNTER_FREQUENCY		24000000
 
 /*
  * The DRAM Base differs between some models. We cannot use macros for the
diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
index 668f238..bed4260 100644
--- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
@@ -6453,7 +6453,6 @@ CONFIG_TI816X_EVM_DDR3
 CONFIG_TI816X_USE_EMIF0
 CONFIG_TI816X_USE_EMIF1
 CONFIG_TI81XX
-CONFIG_TIMER_CLK_FREQ
 CONFIG_TIMESTAMP
 CONFIG_TIZEN
 CONFIG_TI_KEYSTONE_SERDES