diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 9f6a46caba9b362bd1d1a21b221aace69d86c0d7..01b78e7f992e81e41526ac8c384c86406b752c15 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ config IA64_PAGE_SIZE_64KB
 
 endchoice
 
+source kernel/Kconfig.hz
+
 config IA64_BRL_EMU
 	bool
 	depends on ITANIUM
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/param.h b/include/asm-ia64/param.h
index 6c6b679b7a9e9d9cf08c418398e6a0f628c95b81..5e1e0d2d7baf3b7f8a1d3b95252bd9ed1dc20336 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/param.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/param.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
    */
 #  define HZ	  32
 # else
-#  define HZ	1024
+#  define HZ	CONFIG_HZ
 # endif
 # define USER_HZ	HZ
 # define CLOCKS_PER_SEC	HZ	/* frequency at which times() counts */