1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
index 4b8fd6dc22da..f7e684560186 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ irqreturn_t __irq_entry timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
         next_tick = cpuinfo->it_value;
 
         /* Calculate how many ticks have elapsed. */
+        now = mfctl(16);
         do {
                 ++ticks_elapsed;
                 next_tick += cpt;
-                now = mfctl(16);
         } while (next_tick - now > cpt);
 
         /* Store (in CR16 cycles) up to when we are accounting right now. */
@@ -103,16 +103,17 @@ irqreturn_t __irq_entry timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
          * if one or the other wrapped. If "now" is "bigger" we'll end up
          * with a very large unsigned number.
          */
-        while (next_tick - mfctl(16) > cpt)
+        now = mfctl(16);
+        while (next_tick - now > cpt)
                 next_tick += cpt;
 
         /* Program the IT when to deliver the next interrupt.
          * Only bottom 32-bits of next_tick are writable in CR16!
          * Timer interrupt will be delivered at least a few hundred cycles
-         * after the IT fires, so if we are too close (<= 500 cycles) to the
+         * after the IT fires, so if we are too close (<= 8000 cycles) to the
          * next cycle, simply skip it.
          */
-        if (next_tick - mfctl(16) <= 500)
+        if (next_tick - now <= 8000)
                 next_tick += cpt;
         mtctl(next_tick, 16);
 
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ static int __init init_cr16_clocksource(void)
          * different sockets, so mark them unstable and lower rating on
          * multi-socket SMP systems.
          */
-        if (num_online_cpus() > 1) {
+        if (num_online_cpus() > 1 && !running_on_qemu) {
                 int cpu;
                 unsigned long cpu0_loc;
                 cpu0_loc = per_cpu(cpu_data, 0).cpu_loc;