diff --git a/drivers/timer/timer-uclass.c b/drivers/timer/timer-uclass.c
index cbc3647698..bdc77b3822 100644
--- a/drivers/timer/timer-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/timer/timer-uclass.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 int notrace timer_get_count(struct udevice *dev, u64 *count)
 {
-	const struct timer_ops *ops = device_get_ops(dev);
+	struct timer_ops *ops = timer_get_ops(dev);
 
 	if (!ops->get_count)
 		return -ENOSYS;
diff --git a/include/timer.h b/include/timer.h
index a044cb034e..d33a26e28f 100644
--- a/include/timer.h
+++ b/include/timer.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #ifndef _TIMER_H_
 #define _TIMER_H_
 
+#define timer_get_ops(dev)	((struct timer_ops *)(dev)->driver->ops)
+
 /**
  * dm_timer_init() - initialize a timer for time keeping. On success
  * initializes gd->timer so that lib/timer can use it for future