Certain aspects of a method and system for delay matching in a rake receiver are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include compensating for a delay associated with at least one or both of the following in a rake receiver: a control channel and a data channel, prior to individual processing of received data by the data channel and individual processing of received data by the control channel. The data channel or the dedicated physical channel (DPCH) may be delayed with respect to the control channel, which may comprise, for example, the common pilot control channel (CPICH), by a particular time period.