diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 67760275544b4f548f98c5b18c098d481637995d..24b5894396a06c76b073435f52143f5ca420748f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ void setup_local_APIC(void)
 	unsigned int value, queued;
 	int i, j, acked = 0;
 	unsigned long long tsc = 0, ntsc;
-	long long max_loops = cpu_khz;
+	long long max_loops = cpu_khz ? cpu_khz : 1000000;
 
 	if (cpu_has_tsc)
 		rdtscll(tsc);
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ void setup_local_APIC(void)
 			break;
 		}
 		if (queued) {
-			if (cpu_has_tsc) {
+			if (cpu_has_tsc && cpu_khz) {
 				rdtscll(ntsc);
 				max_loops = (cpu_khz << 10) - (ntsc - tsc);
 			} else
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index b6025f9e36c65d7e83ddf05a7da99922a703a31e..b7e50bba3bbbb98066fac741d826e5f6f4d7e946 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -1166,14 +1166,17 @@ void __init tsc_init(void)
 
 	x86_init.timers.tsc_pre_init();
 
-	if (!cpu_has_tsc)
+	if (!cpu_has_tsc) {
+		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	tsc_khz = x86_platform.calibrate_tsc();
 	cpu_khz = tsc_khz;
 
 	if (!tsc_khz) {
 		mark_tsc_unstable("could not calculate TSC khz");
+		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER);
 		return;
 	}