diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index 53303f2e547582e282f5a941cc2311b79a821238..4a86ffd67ec5e23ecec8c9ed42d9f00ecc051631 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -446,6 +446,20 @@ static __init int hpet_late_init(void)
 }
 fs_initcall(hpet_late_init);
 
+void hpet_disable(void)
+{
+	if (is_hpet_capable()) {
+		unsigned long cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_CFG);
+
+		if (hpet_legacy_int_enabled) {
+			cfg &= ~HPET_CFG_LEGACY;
+			hpet_legacy_int_enabled = 0;
+		}
+		cfg &= ~HPET_CFG_ENABLE;
+		hpet_writel(cfg, HPET_CFG);
+	}
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC
 
 /* HPET in LegacyReplacement Mode eats up RTC interrupt line. When, HPET
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_32.c
index 9e2269d00918c13948b03b92532498015e95460b..bb1a0f889c5ebaed7a42864a9a98ea86e9848e52 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_32.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/apic.h>
+#include <asm/hpet.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
 #include "mach_reboot.h"
 #include <asm/reboot_fixups.h>
@@ -326,6 +327,9 @@ static void native_machine_shutdown(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
 	disable_IO_APIC();
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
+	hpet_disable();
+#endif
 }
 
 void __attribute__((weak)) mach_reboot_fixups(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_64.c
index 71b13c5f5817dd0d1ffbe2285fe003c11e6ea088..53620a92a8fdd74cc2885d28d65eaa7eb34d89d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_64.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/apic.h>
+#include <asm/hpet.h>
 #include <asm/gart.h>
 
 /*
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ void machine_shutdown(void)
 
 	disable_IO_APIC();
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
+	hpet_disable();
+#endif
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	pci_iommu_shutdown();
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/hpet.h b/include/asm-x86/hpet.h
index b1f3c1ea55d959687f278b0107b63a96e9c69e8e..ad8d6e758785ca283b33b802880945f4e8c1f4ee 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/hpet.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/hpet.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ extern unsigned long force_hpet_address;
 extern int hpet_force_user;
 extern int is_hpet_enabled(void);
 extern int hpet_enable(void);
+extern void hpet_disable(void);
 extern unsigned long hpet_readl(unsigned long a);
 extern void force_hpet_resume(void);