diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index aa5bc7b819db..14173945651d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e82f64e5bb0648a13630d752c35be1e7bd8bab96
+refs/heads/master: 8180a550284bf2c8e13414082fc20b8983c2c401
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
index b8286968662d..6b460402d504 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int hpet_reenable(void)
  */
 
 #define TICK_COUNT 100000000
-#define TICK_MIN   5000
+#define SMI_THRESHOLD 50000
 #define MAX_TRIES  5
 
 /*
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void __init read_hpet_tsc(int *hpet, int *tsc)
 		tsc1 = get_cycles_sync();
 		hpet1 = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
 		tsc2 = get_cycles_sync();
-		if (tsc2 - tsc1 > TICK_MIN)
+		if ((tsc2 - tsc1) < SMI_THRESHOLD)
 			break;
 	}
 	*hpet = hpet1;