diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 56a99c36fd98..72a38e82c3b7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4221133845f81ab4428c79a89e37be2c87624c1a
+refs/heads/master: b2df3ddb68fc02e3bae78b7adaeca8561d02ea6d
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index 51afb07bc14e..ee622ac0376b 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -795,8 +795,8 @@ static int hpet_timer_stop_set_go(unsigned long tick)
 	if (hpet_use_timer) {
 		hpet_writel(HPET_TN_ENABLE | HPET_TN_PERIODIC | HPET_TN_SETVAL |
 		    HPET_TN_32BIT, HPET_T0_CFG);
-		hpet_writel(hpet_tick, HPET_T0_CMP);
-		hpet_writel(hpet_tick, HPET_T0_CMP); /* AK: why twice? */
+		hpet_writel(hpet_tick, HPET_T0_CMP); /* next interrupt */
+		hpet_writel(hpet_tick, HPET_T0_CMP); /* period */
 		cfg |= HPET_CFG_LEGACY;
 	}
 /*