diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8195/timer.c b/src/soc/mediatek/common/timer_prepare.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/soc/mediatek/mt8195/timer.c
rename to src/soc/mediatek/common/timer_prepare.c
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/Makefile.inc b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/Makefile.inc
index 37213bbad3..fa353ae2dc 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/Makefile.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all-y += ../common/flash_controller.c
 all-y += ../common/gpio.c gpio.c
 all-y += ../common/i2c.c i2c.c
 all-$(CONFIG_SPI_FLASH) += ../common/spi.c spi.c
-all-y += ../common/timer.c timer.c
+all-y += ../common/timer.c ../common/timer_prepare.c
 all-y += ../common/uart.c
 
 bootblock-y += bootblock.c
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/timer.c b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/timer.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a289cd115..0000000000
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8186/timer.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-
-/*
- * This file is created based on MT8186 Functional Specification
- * Chapter number: 5.13
- */
-
-#include <device/mmio.h>
-#include <soc/addressmap.h>
-#include <soc/timer.h>
-
-void timer_prepare(void)
-{
-	clrbits32((void *)SYSTIMER_BASE, COMP_FEATURE_MASK);
-	setbits32((void *)SYSTIMER_BASE, COMP_25_MASK);
-}
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8195/Makefile.inc b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8195/Makefile.inc
index 8262763ef1..b0d259e3a1 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8195/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8195/Makefile.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all-y += ../common/flash_controller.c
 all-y += ../common/gpio.c gpio.c
 all-y += ../common/i2c.c i2c.c
 all-$(CONFIG_SPI_FLASH) += ../common/spi.c spi.c
-all-y += ../common/timer.c timer.c
+all-y += ../common/timer.c ../common/timer_prepare.c
 all-y += ../common/uart.c
 
 bootblock-y += bootblock.c