1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 0c40d8b72416..bb64beb301d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -872,6 +872,9 @@ __cpuinit int unsynchronized_tsc(void)
 
         if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC))
                 return 0;
+
+        if (tsc_clocksource_reliable)
+                return 0;
         /*
          * Intel systems are normally all synchronized.
          * Exceptions must mark TSC as unstable:
@@ -879,10 +882,10 @@ __cpuinit int unsynchronized_tsc(void)
         if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
                 /* assume multi socket systems are not synchronized: */
                 if (num_possible_cpus() > 1)
-                        tsc_unstable = 1;
+                        return 1;
         }
 
-        return tsc_unstable;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 static void __init init_tsc_clocksource(void)