diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_delay_timer.c b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_delay_timer.c
index cfd9a15..d9547c4 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_delay_timer.c
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_delay_timer.c
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * 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.
+	 * counter. The value is clipped from 64 to 32 bits.
 	 */
-	return (uint32_t)(~read_cntps_tval_el1());
+	return (uint32_t)(read_cntps_tval_el1());
 }
 
 /*