diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
index 8540abe86ade2d0b1f3fd26ad0dff18b5733a6e1..e325cfe06401f61c1772b686705b762cdb6370d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ static int __init init_pit_clocksource(void)
 	    pit_clockevent.mode != CLOCK_EVT_MODE_PERIODIC)
 		return 0;
 
-	clocksource_pit.mult = clocksource_hz2mult(CLOCK_TICK_RATE, 20);
+	clocksource_pit.mult = clocksource_hz2mult(CLOCK_TICK_RATE,
+						   clocksource_pit.shift);
 	return clocksource_register(&clocksource_pit);
 }
 arch_initcall(init_pit_clocksource);