diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
index b8286968662d0d19d21a99443f604016e0883ce2..6b460402d50416a18646f583aac1fac9a5973756 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int hpet_reenable(void)
  */
 
 #define TICK_COUNT 100000000
-#define TICK_MIN   5000
+#define SMI_THRESHOLD 50000
 #define MAX_TRIES  5
 
 /*
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void __init read_hpet_tsc(int *hpet, int *tsc)
 		tsc1 = get_cycles_sync();
 		hpet1 = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
 		tsc2 = get_cycles_sync();
-		if (tsc2 - tsc1 > TICK_MIN)
+		if ((tsc2 - tsc1) < SMI_THRESHOLD)
 			break;
 	}
 	*hpet = hpet1;