diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c b/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c
index b7494af1e4a9ba8cb6952c83d96b845f19f9e7fd..37a8fc92b44acf50a16d086c9983a9794c03b838 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c
@@ -122,6 +122,38 @@ static bool __devinit fam15h_power_is_internal_node0(struct pci_dev *f4)
 	return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Newer BKDG versions have an updated recommendation on how to properly
+ * initialize the running average range (was: 0xE, now: 0x9). This avoids
+ * counter saturations resulting in bogus power readings.
+ * We correct this value ourselves to cope with older BIOSes.
+ */
+static void __devinit tweak_runavg_range(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	u32 val;
+	const struct pci_device_id affected_device = {
+		PCI_VDEVICE(AMD, PCI_DEVICE_ID_AMD_15H_NB_F4) };
+
+	/*
+	 * let this quirk apply only to the current version of the
+	 * northbridge, since future versions may change the behavior
+	 */
+	if (!pci_match_id(&affected_device, pdev))
+		return;
+
+	pci_bus_read_config_dword(pdev->bus,
+		PCI_DEVFN(PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), 5),
+		REG_TDP_RUNNING_AVERAGE, &val);
+	if ((val & 0xf) != 0xe)
+		return;
+
+	val &= ~0xf;
+	val |=  0x9;
+	pci_bus_write_config_dword(pdev->bus,
+		PCI_DEVFN(PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), 5),
+		REG_TDP_RUNNING_AVERAGE, val);
+}
+
 static void __devinit fam15h_power_init_data(struct pci_dev *f4,
 					     struct fam15h_power_data *data)
 {
@@ -155,6 +187,13 @@ static int __devinit fam15h_power_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	struct device *dev;
 	int err;
 
+	/*
+	 * though we ignore every other northbridge, we still have to
+	 * do the tweaking on _each_ node in MCM processors as the counters
+	 * are working hand-in-hand
+	 */
+	tweak_runavg_range(pdev);
+
 	if (!fam15h_power_is_internal_node0(pdev)) {
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto exit;