diff --git a/include/linux/timex.h b/include/linux/timex.h
index c3f374786a4358e59eb6ce72e3b436e6a2556449..8ea3e71ba7fa8ff17d8de5587f482450c349ef36 100644
--- a/include/linux/timex.h
+++ b/include/linux/timex.h
@@ -232,14 +232,7 @@ static inline int ntp_synced(void)
 #else
 #define NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ  (HZ)
 #endif
-
-#define CLOCK_TICK_OVERFLOW	(LATCH * HZ - CLOCK_TICK_RATE)
-#define CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST	(((s64)CLOCK_TICK_OVERFLOW * NSEC_PER_SEC) / \
-					(s64)CLOCK_TICK_RATE)
-
-/* Because using NSEC_PER_SEC would be too easy */
-#define NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH ((((s64)TICK_USEC * NSEC_PER_USEC * USER_HZ) + \
-			      CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST) / NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ)
+#define NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH (NSEC_PER_SEC/NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ)
 
 /* Returns how long ticks are at present, in ns / 2^(SHIFT_SCALE-10). */
 extern u64 current_tick_length(void);
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index d4bca927f715be0eb89d7dbde021902b82f7fae6..5fd9b946977038cbdc192dc5a11146696ad53947 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ long time_esterror = NTP_PHASE_LIMIT;	/* estimated error (us)		*/
 long time_freq;				/* frequency offset (scaled ppm)*/
 static long time_reftime;		/* time at last adjustment (s)	*/
 long time_adjust;
+static long ntp_tick_adj;
 
 static void ntp_update_frequency(void)
 {
 	u64 second_length = (u64)(tick_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC * USER_HZ)
 				<< TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT;
-	second_length += (s64)CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST << TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT;
+	second_length += (s64)ntp_tick_adj << TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT;
 	second_length += (s64)time_freq << (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - SHIFT_NSEC);
 
 	tick_length_base = second_length;
@@ -402,3 +403,11 @@ leave:	if ((time_status & (STA_UNSYNC|STA_CLOCKERR)) != 0)
 	notify_cmos_timer();
 	return(result);
 }
+
+static int __init ntp_tick_adj_setup(char *str)
+{
+	ntp_tick_adj = simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("ntp_tick_adj=", ntp_tick_adj_setup);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 1af9fb050fe28b1e77ae9f43c3005e16972b2d65..671af612b7684ed27578ae3db8445f71f3499059 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ static void change_clocksource(void)
 
 	clock->error = 0;
 	clock->xtime_nsec = 0;
-	clocksource_calculate_interval(clock,
-		(unsigned long)(current_tick_length()>>TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT));
+	clocksource_calculate_interval(clock, NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH);
 
 	tick_clock_notify();
 
@@ -245,8 +244,7 @@ void __init timekeeping_init(void)
 	ntp_clear();
 
 	clock = clocksource_get_next();
-	clocksource_calculate_interval(clock,
-		(unsigned long)(current_tick_length()>>TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT));
+	clocksource_calculate_interval(clock, NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH);
 	clock->cycle_last = clocksource_read(clock);
 
 	xtime.tv_sec = sec;