1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
index 2e3b643a4dc4..1649a175a206 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
@@ -5,17 +5,34 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
+
 #include <asm/pci-direct.h>
 #include <asm/acpi.h>
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+
+static int nvidia_hpet_detected __initdata;
+
+static int __init nvidia_hpet_check(unsigned long phys, unsigned long size)
+{
+        nvidia_hpet_detected = 1;
+        return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int __init check_bridge(int vendor, int device)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-        /* According to Nvidia all timer overrides are bogus. Just ignore
-           them all. */
+        /* According to Nvidia all timer overrides are bogus unless HPET
+           is enabled. */
         if (vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
-                acpi_skip_timer_override = 1;
+                nvidia_hpet_detected = 0;
+                acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check);
+                if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) {
+                        acpi_skip_timer_override = 1;
+                }
         }
 #endif
         if (vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI && timer_over_8254 == 1) {