diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 272a12865b2aabebec7d2e559e56dc0e45eb449a..b316bd61a6aced7f865b069e481b59c12fbc802d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ static __initdata unsigned long lapic_cal_pm1, lapic_cal_pm2;
 static __initdata unsigned long lapic_cal_j1, lapic_cal_j2;
 
 /*
- * Temporary interrupt handler.
+ * Temporary interrupt handler and polled calibration function.
  */
 static void __init lapic_cal_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 {
@@ -799,7 +799,8 @@ calibrate_by_pmtimer(long deltapm, long *delta, long *deltatsc)
 static int __init calibrate_APIC_clock(void)
 {
 	struct clock_event_device *levt = this_cpu_ptr(&lapic_events);
-	void (*real_handler)(struct clock_event_device *dev);
+	u64 tsc_perj = 0, tsc_start = 0;
+	unsigned long jif_start;
 	unsigned long deltaj;
 	long delta, deltatsc;
 	int pm_referenced = 0;
@@ -830,28 +831,64 @@ static int __init calibrate_APIC_clock(void)
 	apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE, "Using local APIC timer interrupts.\n"
 		    "calibrating APIC timer ...\n");
 
+	/*
+	 * There are platforms w/o global clockevent devices. Instead of
+	 * making the calibration conditional on that, use a polling based
+	 * approach everywhere.
+	 */
 	local_irq_disable();
 
-	/* Replace the global interrupt handler */
-	real_handler = global_clock_event->event_handler;
-	global_clock_event->event_handler = lapic_cal_handler;
-
 	/*
 	 * Setup the APIC counter to maximum. There is no way the lapic
 	 * can underflow in the 100ms detection time frame
 	 */
 	__setup_APIC_LVTT(0xffffffff, 0, 0);
 
-	/* Let the interrupts run */
+	/*
+	 * Methods to terminate the calibration loop:
+	 *  1) Global clockevent if available (jiffies)
+	 *  2) TSC if available and frequency is known
+	 */
+	jif_start = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
+
+	if (tsc_khz) {
+		tsc_start = rdtsc();
+		tsc_perj = div_u64((u64)tsc_khz * 1000, HZ);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Enable interrupts so the tick can fire, if a global
+	 * clockevent device is available
+	 */
 	local_irq_enable();
 
-	while (lapic_cal_loops <= LAPIC_CAL_LOOPS)
-		cpu_relax();
+	while (lapic_cal_loops <= LAPIC_CAL_LOOPS) {
+		/* Wait for a tick to elapse */
+		while (1) {
+			if (tsc_khz) {
+				u64 tsc_now = rdtsc();
+				if ((tsc_now - tsc_start) >= tsc_perj) {
+					tsc_start += tsc_perj;
+					break;
+				}
+			} else {
+				unsigned long jif_now = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
 
-	local_irq_disable();
+				if (time_after(jif_now, jif_start)) {
+					jif_start = jif_now;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			cpu_relax();
+		}
 
-	/* Restore the real event handler */
-	global_clock_event->event_handler = real_handler;
+		/* Invoke the calibration routine */
+		local_irq_disable();
+		lapic_cal_handler(NULL);
+		local_irq_enable();
+	}
+
+	local_irq_disable();
 
 	/* Build delta t1-t2 as apic timer counts down */
 	delta = lapic_cal_t1 - lapic_cal_t2;
@@ -904,10 +941,11 @@ static int __init calibrate_APIC_clock(void)
 	levt->features &= ~CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DUMMY;
 
 	/*
-	 * PM timer calibration failed or not turned on
-	 * so lets try APIC timer based calibration
+	 * PM timer calibration failed or not turned on so lets try APIC
+	 * timer based calibration, if a global clockevent device is
+	 * available.
 	 */
-	if (!pm_referenced) {
+	if (!pm_referenced && global_clock_event) {
 		apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE, "... verify APIC timer\n");
 
 		/*