diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp_ve/fvp_ve_bl2_setup.c b/plat/arm/board/fvp_ve/fvp_ve_bl2_setup.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <drivers/arm/sp804_delay_timer.h>
+#include <drivers/generic_delay_timer.h>
+#include <lib/mmio.h>
+#include <plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h>
+#include <plat/common/platform.h>
+#include <platform_def.h>
+
+#include "fvp_ve_private.h"
+
+void bl2_early_platform_setup2(u_register_t arg0, u_register_t arg1, u_register_t arg2, u_register_t arg3)
+{
+	arm_bl2_early_platform_setup((uintptr_t)arg0, (meminfo_t *)arg1);
+
+	/* Initialize the platform config for future decision making */
+	fvp_ve_config_setup();
+}
+
+void bl2_platform_setup(void)
+{
+	arm_bl2_platform_setup();
+
+#ifdef FVP_VE_USE_SP804_TIMER
+	/*
+	 * Enable the clock override for SP804 timer 0, which means that no
+	 * clock dividers are applied and the raw (35 MHz) clock will be used
+	 */
+	mmio_write_32(V2M_SP810_BASE, FVP_SP810_CTRL_TIM0_OV);
+
+	/* Initialize delay timer driver using SP804 dual timer 0 */
+	sp804_timer_init(V2M_SP804_TIMER0_BASE,
+			SP804_TIMER_CLKMULT, SP804_TIMER_CLKDIV);
+#else
+	generic_delay_timer_init();
+#endif /* FVP_VE_USE_SP804_TIMER */
+}