diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
index da66ad57e37031caa92e545521a944477f028eac..44924824fa414a28dfbf10a715b658e6b493a462 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ static int ohci_urb_enqueue (
 
 		/* Start up the I/O watchdog timer, if it's not running */
 		if (!timer_pending(&ohci->io_watchdog) &&
-				list_empty(&ohci->eds_in_use)) {
+				list_empty(&ohci->eds_in_use) &&
+				!(ohci->flags & OHCI_QUIRK_QEMU)) {
 			ohci->prev_frame_no = ohci_frame_no(ohci);
 			mod_timer(&ohci->io_watchdog,
 					jiffies + IO_WATCHDOG_DELAY);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-pci.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-pci.c
index bb1509675727b374586d61917920578cc7631a45..a84aebe9b0a97880ef1f83a17b483e7586f190b1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-pci.c
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ static int ohci_quirk_amd700(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ohci_quirk_qemu(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
+{
+	struct ohci_hcd *ohci = hcd_to_ohci(hcd);
+
+	ohci->flags |= OHCI_QUIRK_QEMU;
+	ohci_dbg(ohci, "enabled qemu quirk\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* List of quirks for OHCI */
 static const struct pci_device_id ohci_pci_quirks[] = {
 	{
@@ -214,6 +223,13 @@ static const struct pci_device_id ohci_pci_quirks[] = {
 		PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI, 0x4399),
 		.driver_data = (unsigned long)ohci_quirk_amd700,
 	},
+	{
+		.vendor		= PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLE,
+		.device		= 0x003f,
+		.subvendor	= PCI_SUBVENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET,
+		.subdevice	= PCI_SUBDEVICE_ID_QEMU,
+		.driver_data	= (unsigned long)ohci_quirk_qemu,
+	},
 
 	/* FIXME for some of the early AMD 760 southbridges, OHCI
 	 * won't work at all.  blacklist them.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci.h b/drivers/usb/host/ohci.h
index 382444c8b44cfe6e8c9ce201566ce969968292d7..12742d002d2dc421c61dc25352ff687247b1b3cf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci.h
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ struct ohci_hcd {
 #define	OHCI_QUIRK_AMD_PLL	0x200			/* AMD PLL quirk*/
 #define	OHCI_QUIRK_AMD_PREFETCH	0x400			/* pre-fetch for ISO transfer */
 #define	OHCI_QUIRK_GLOBAL_SUSPEND	0x800		/* must suspend ports */
+#define	OHCI_QUIRK_QEMU		0x1000			/* relax timing expectations */
 
 	// there are also chip quirks/bugs in init logic