diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
index 94605c0e9ceebc0058b18b995a5ac4f73a0d2aa6..aad56eb3bbe2374e439161da7bf563406b1cc73f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ extern int unsynchronized_tsc(void);
 extern int check_tsc_unstable(void);
 extern int check_tsc_disabled(void);
 extern unsigned long native_calibrate_tsc(void);
+extern unsigned long long native_sched_clock_from_tsc(u64 tsc);
 
 extern int tsc_clocksource_reliable;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 7437b41f6a47c290e0f26b8933b45e469235ccc4..88e9a38c71a58197162e8489fe7d6339a8ad6f62 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -296,6 +296,14 @@ u64 native_sched_clock(void)
 	return cycles_2_ns(tsc_now);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Generate a sched_clock if you already have a TSC value.
+ */
+u64 native_sched_clock_from_tsc(u64 tsc)
+{
+	return cycles_2_ns(tsc);
+}
+
 /* We need to define a real function for sched_clock, to override the
    weak default version */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT