1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c b/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
index c505b16c0990..9603ccaba997 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_cmos_time);
 static void sync_cmos_clock(unsigned long dummy);
 
 static DEFINE_TIMER(sync_cmos_timer, sync_cmos_clock, 0, 0);
+int no_sync_cmos_clock;
 
 static void sync_cmos_clock(unsigned long dummy)
 {
@@ -275,7 +276,8 @@ static void sync_cmos_clock(unsigned long dummy)
 
 void notify_arch_cmos_timer(void)
 {
-        mod_timer(&sync_cmos_timer, jiffies + 1);
+        if (!no_sync_cmos_clock)
+                mod_timer(&sync_cmos_timer, jiffies + 1);
 }
 
 static long clock_cmos_diff;