1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c
index 5c51d10408a6..b0444a415bd6 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static unsigned pmtimer_wait_tick(void)
 	for (a = b = inl(pmtmr_ioport) & ACPI_PM_MASK;
 	     a == b;
 	     b = inl(pmtmr_ioport) & ACPI_PM_MASK)
-		;
+		cpu_relax();
 	return b;
 }
 
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ void pmtimer_wait(unsigned us)
 	a = pmtimer_wait_tick();
 	do {
 		b = inl(pmtmr_ioport);
+		cpu_relax();
 	} while (cyc2us(b - a) < us);
 }
 
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ unsigned int do_gettimeoffset_pm(void)
 static int __init nopmtimer_setup(char *s)
 {
 	pmtmr_ioport = 0;
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 __setup("nopmtimer", nopmtimer_setup);