diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-2020.07/corstone500/0001-armv7-add-mmio-timer.patch b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-2020.07/corstone500/0001-armv7-adding-generic-timer-access-through-MMIO.patch
similarity index 58%
rename from meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-2020.07/corstone500/0001-armv7-add-mmio-timer.patch
rename to meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-2020.07/corstone500/0001-armv7-adding-generic-timer-access-through-MMIO.patch
index e59afea6..8ba35be8 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-2020.07/corstone500/0001-armv7-add-mmio-timer.patch
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-2020.07/corstone500/0001-armv7-adding-generic-timer-access-through-MMIO.patch
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
-From 4449a6c2de38bdeb09e3158f6d9318812966243a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+Upstream-Status: Pending [Not submitted to upstream yet]
+Signed-off-by: Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
+
+From b6879fc62b5ec01e3c87c2772d3a5e0f51c35f1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Rui Miguel Silva <rui.silva@linaro.org>
 Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:52:34 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] armv7: add mmio timer
+Subject: [PATCH] armv7: adding generic timer access through MMIO
 
-This timer can be used by u-boot when arch-timer is not available in
-core, for example, Cortex-A5.
+This driver enables the ARMv7 generic timer.
+
+The access to the timer registers is through memory mapping (MMIO).
+
+This driver can be used by u-boot to access to the timer through MMIO
+when arch_timer is not available in the core (access using system
+instructions not possible), for example, in case of Cortex-A5.
+
+This driver configures and enables the generic timer at
+the u-boot initcall level (timer_init) before u-boot relocation.
 
 Signed-off-by: Rui Miguel Silva <rui.silva@linaro.org>
+Signed-off-by: Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
 ---
  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile     |  1 +
- arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mmio_timer.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mmio_timer.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  scripts/config_whitelist.txt    |  1 +
- 3 files changed, 58 insertions(+)
+ 3 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
  create mode 100644 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mmio_timer.c
 
 diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile
-index 8c955d0d5284..82af9c031277 100644
+index 8c955d0d52..82af9c0312 100644
 --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile
 +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile
 @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ARMV7_PSCI)	+= psci.o psci-common.o
@@ -28,10 +40,10 @@ index 8c955d0d5284..82af9c031277 100644
  obj-y += s5p-common/
 diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mmio_timer.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mmio_timer.c
 new file mode 100644
-index 000000000000..5d6f66172398
+index 0000000000..82ff3937b6
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mmio_timer.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
 +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 +/*
 + * Copyright (c) 2019, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
@@ -47,22 +59,30 @@ index 000000000000..5d6f66172398
 +
 +#define CNTCTLBASE    0x1a020000UL
 +#define CNTREADBASE   0x1a030000UL
++#define CNTEN         (1 << 0)
++#define CNTFCREQ      (1 << 8)
 +
 +static inline uint32_t mmio_read32(uintptr_t addr)
 +{
 +      return *(volatile uint32_t*)addr;
 +}
 +
++static inline void mmio_write32(uintptr_t addr, uint32_t data)
++{
++      *(volatile uint32_t*)addr = data;
++}
++
 +int timer_init(void)
 +{
-+      gd->arch.timer_rate_hz = mmio_read32(CNTCTLBASE);
-+
++      gd->arch.timer_rate_hz = COUNTER_FREQUENCY / CONFIG_SYS_HZ; /* calculating the frequency in ms */
++      mmio_write32(CNTCTLBASE + 0x20, COUNTER_FREQUENCY); /* configuring CNTFID0 register: setting the base frequency */
++      mmio_write32(CNTCTLBASE, CNTFCREQ | CNTEN); /* configuring CNTCR register: enabling the generic counter and selecting the first frequency entry */
 +      return 0;
 +}
 +
 +unsigned long long get_ticks(void)
 +{
-+      return ((mmio_read32(CNTCTLBASE + 0x4) << 32) |
++      return ((mmio_read32(CNTREADBASE + 0x4) << 32) |
 +              mmio_read32(CNTREADBASE));
 +}
 +
@@ -89,7 +109,7 @@ index 000000000000..5d6f66172398
 +      return gd->arch.timer_rate_hz;
 +}
 diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
-index 916768f361d9..c8fd8c6e355a 100644
+index 916768f361..c8fd8c6e35 100644
 --- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
 +++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
 @@ -3075,6 +3075,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_MMC_U_BOOT_DST
@@ -101,5 +121,5 @@ index 916768f361d9..c8fd8c6e355a 100644
  CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE
  CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE_EARLY
 -- 
-2.28.0
+2.17.1
 
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_2020.07.bbappend b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_2020.07.bbappend
index c4bd3d20..1a1df270 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_2020.07.bbappend
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_2020.07.bbappend
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_foundation-armv8 = "${THIS_DIR}/${BP}/fvp-common:"
 # Corstone-500 MACHINE
 #
 SRC_URI_append_corstone500 = " \
-                   file://0001-armv7-add-mmio-timer.patch \
+                   file://0001-armv7-adding-generic-timer-access-through-MMIO.patch \
                    file://0002-board-arm-add-corstone500-board.patch"
 
 #