diff --git a/src/arch/arm/fastmodel/CortexA76/cortex_a76.cc b/src/arch/arm/fastmodel/CortexA76/cortex_a76.cc
index 11e8c985c1..5da724b7f3 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/fastmodel/CortexA76/cortex_a76.cc
+++ b/src/arch/arm/fastmodel/CortexA76/cortex_a76.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ CortexA76::initState()
     for (auto *tc : threadContexts)
         tc->setMiscRegNoEffect(ArmISA::MISCREG_CNTFRQ_EL0, params().cntfrq);
 
-    evs_base_cpu->setSysCounterFrq(cluster->params().cntfrq);
+    evs_base_cpu->setSysCounterFrq(params().cntfrq);
 }
 
 void