diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 2bbeaaea46e9b7765ce983374fb125b7dd5422c9..38df8c19e74cc56903d5985cdbee7d52df3dc0d9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -533,11 +533,14 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
 	case KIOCSOUND:
 		if (!perm)
 			goto eperm;
-		/* FIXME: This is an old broken API but we need to keep it
-		   supported and somehow separate the historic advertised
-		   tick rate from any real one */
+		/*
+		 * The use of PIT_TICK_RATE is historic, it used to be
+		 * the platform-dependent CLOCK_TICK_RATE between 2.6.12
+		 * and 2.6.36, which was a minor but unfortunate ABI
+		 * change.
+		 */
 		if (arg)
-			arg = CLOCK_TICK_RATE / arg;
+			arg = PIT_TICK_RATE / arg;
 		kd_mksound(arg, 0);
 		break;
 
@@ -553,11 +556,8 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
 		 */
 		ticks = HZ * ((arg >> 16) & 0xffff) / 1000;
 		count = ticks ? (arg & 0xffff) : 0;
-		/* FIXME: This is an old broken API but we need to keep it
-		   supported and somehow separate the historic advertised
-		   tick rate from any real one */
 		if (count)
-			count = CLOCK_TICK_RATE / count;
+			count = PIT_TICK_RATE / count;
 		kd_mksound(count, ticks);
 		break;
 	}