diff --git a/common/board_f.c b/common/board_f.c
index 2ece9e2..cbdf06f 100644
--- a/common/board_f.c
+++ b/common/board_f.c
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@
 	/* TODO: can we rename this to timer_init()? */
 	init_timebase,
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARM) || defined(CONFIG_MIPS)
 	timer_init,		/* initialize timer */
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_ALLOC_DPRAM