diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 8dd7248508a9e12ac8908c24fb4a3649f157697a..ed05a4a0d242c011407168c7a8f2a99a1941d667 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2435,6 +2435,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			disables clocksource verification at runtime.
 			Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
 			hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
+			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
+			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
+			can add overhead.
 
 	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
 			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index cea0cd9a316fb987bfa611a1dffa06cdba1f0332..f4c70c246ffe39d37b5e15bda8ee6fe60a5a84a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -795,6 +795,17 @@ config SCHED_MC
 	  making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
 	  increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
 
+config IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
+	bool "Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting"
+	default n
+	---help---
+	  Select this option to enable fine granularity task irq time
+	  accounting. This is done by reading a timestamp on each
+	  transitions between softirq and hardirq state, so there can be a
+	  small performance impact.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N here.
+
 source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
 
 config X86_UP_APIC
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 26a863a9c2a815ec797b6211cd3de5e0b9cbed8e..a1c2cd7685383826ba12d484c055322bd6ad8678 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -104,10 +104,14 @@ int __init notsc_setup(char *str)
 
 __setup("notsc", notsc_setup);
 
+static int no_sched_irq_time;
+
 static int __init tsc_setup(char *str)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(str, "reliable"))
 		tsc_clocksource_reliable = 1;
+	if (!strncmp(str, "noirqtime", 9))
+		no_sched_irq_time = 1;
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -801,6 +805,7 @@ void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason)
 	if (!tsc_unstable) {
 		tsc_unstable = 1;
 		sched_clock_stable = 0;
+		disable_sched_clock_irqtime();
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Marking TSC unstable due to %s\n", reason);
 		/* Change only the rating, when not registered */
 		if (clocksource_tsc.mult)
@@ -987,6 +992,9 @@ void __init tsc_init(void)
 	/* now allow native_sched_clock() to use rdtsc */
 	tsc_disabled = 0;
 
+	if (!no_sched_irq_time)
+		enable_sched_clock_irqtime();
+
 	lpj = ((u64)tsc_khz * 1000);
 	do_div(lpj, HZ);
 	lpj_fine = lpj;