diff --git a/include/linux/timex.h b/include/linux/timex.h
index 37ac3ff90fafb16f7814297d247c2a3c28c59204..24c6a2b59511edbe9ba01d22ba265a202645bed7 100644
--- a/include/linux/timex.h
+++ b/include/linux/timex.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct timex {
 #define ADJ_TIMECONST		0x0020	/* pll time constant */
 #define ADJ_TICK		0x4000	/* tick value */
 #define ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT	0x8001	/* old-fashioned adjtime */
+#define ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ	0xa001  /* read-only adjtime */
 
 /* xntp 3.4 compatibility names */
 #define MOD_OFFSET	ADJ_OFFSET
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 14a2ecf2b318f82bd87d22031da05738e3773fd4..e64efaf957e8485b4d233412a69fdf45a1225691 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -249,10 +249,12 @@ int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
 
 	/* Now we validate the data before disabling interrupts */
 
-	if ((txc->modes & ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT) == ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT)
+	if ((txc->modes & ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT) == ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT) {
 	  /* singleshot must not be used with any other mode bits */
-		if (txc->modes != ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT)
+		if (txc->modes != ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT &&
+					txc->modes != ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ)
 			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	if (txc->modes != ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT && (txc->modes & ADJ_OFFSET))
 	  /* adjustment Offset limited to +- .512 seconds */
@@ -372,7 +374,8 @@ int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
 leave:	if ((time_status & (STA_UNSYNC|STA_CLOCKERR)) != 0)
 		result = TIME_ERROR;
 
-	if ((txc->modes & ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT) == ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT)
+	if ((txc->modes == ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT) ||
+			(txc->modes == ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ))
 		txc->offset = save_adjust;
 	else
 		txc->offset = ((long)shift_right(time_offset, SHIFT_UPDATE)) *