diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 79577f0ace98847ee39a4f7ad4c9842f3ea88ec6..8309a7b2cd63fc7640200e2f156ff119baabfc70 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ extern void __init clustered_apic_check(void);
 extern int gsi_irq_sharing(int gsi);
 #include <asm/proto.h>
 
-static inline int acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id) { return 0; }
-
-
 #else				/* X86 */
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
index e5b14c57eaa0644fa8e4106a445b58e3d1f51e1d..d70605eda3339904b2349edb57e61cab4ce6228c 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
@@ -962,12 +962,14 @@ void smp_apic_timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	irq_exit();
 }
 
+int __initdata unsync_tsc_on_multicluster;
+
 /*
  * oem_force_hpet_timer -- force HPET mode for some boxes.
  *
  * Thus far, the major user of this is IBM's Summit2 series:
  *
- * Clustered boxes may have unsynced TSC problems if they are
+ * Some clustered boxes may have unsynced TSC problems if they are
  * multi-chassis. Use available data to take a good guess.
  * If in doubt, go HPET.
  */
@@ -977,6 +979,11 @@ __cpuinit int oem_force_hpet_timer(void)
 	unsigned id;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(clustermap, NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS);
 
+	/* Only do this check on IBM machines - big Unisys systems
+	   use multiple clusters too, but have synchronized TSC */
+	if (!unsync_tsc_on_multicluster)
+		return 0;
+
 	bitmap_zero(clustermap, NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
index aa1c7b2e438cb36d3c9756b153d37a04c2570e9a..e2b9923189a0fc578a202f6d7b45ad10161ca80d 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
@@ -164,6 +164,20 @@ extern u8 x86_acpiid_to_apicid[];
 
 extern int acpi_skip_timer_override;
 
+extern int unsync_tsc_on_multicluster;
+
+static inline int acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem, char *productid) 
+{ 
+	/* Copied from i386. Probably has too many entries. */
+	if (!strncmp(oem, "IBM ENSW", 8) && 
+        	(!strncmp(productid, "VIGIL SMP", 9) 
+             		|| !strncmp(productid, "EXA", 3)
+			|| !strncmp(productid, "RUTHLESS SMP", 12))) {
+		unsync_tsc_on_multicluster = 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /*__KERNEL__*/
 
 #endif /*_ASM_ACPI_H*/