diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
index 4990495d7531..a35c661e5e89 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
 {
 }
 
-void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct clocksource *c)
+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct clocksource *c, u32 mult)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct clocksource *c)
 
         /* copy fsyscall clock data */
         fsyscall_gtod_data.clk_mask = c->mask;
-        fsyscall_gtod_data.clk_mult = c->mult;
+        fsyscall_gtod_data.clk_mult = mult;
         fsyscall_gtod_data.clk_shift = c->shift;
         fsyscall_gtod_data.clk_fsys_mmio = c->fsys_mmio;
         fsyscall_gtod_data.clk_cycle_last = c->cycle_last;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index a136a11c490d..39713312fbc7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -828,7 +828,8 @@ static cycle_t timebase_read(struct clocksource *cs)
 	return (cycle_t)get_tb();
 }
 
-void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock,
+		     u32 mult)
 {
 	u64 t2x, stamp_xsec;
 
@@ -841,7 +842,7 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
 
 	/* XXX this assumes clock->shift == 22 */
 	/* 4611686018 ~= 2^(20+64-22) / 1e9 */
-	t2x = (u64) clock->mult * 4611686018ULL;
+	t2x = (u64) mult * 4611686018ULL;
 	stamp_xsec = (u64) xtime.tv_nsec * XSEC_PER_SEC;
 	do_div(stamp_xsec, 1000000000);
 	stamp_xsec += (u64) xtime.tv_sec * XSEC_PER_SEC;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
index 34162a0b2caa..68e1ecf5ebab 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ struct clocksource * __init clocksource_default_clock(void)
 	return &clocksource_tod;
 }
 
-void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock,
+		     u32 mult)
 {
 	if (clock != &clocksource_tod)
 		return;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 8cb4974ff599..62f39d79b775 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
 	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
 }
 
-void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock,
+		     u32 mult)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.vread = clock->vread;
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.cycle_last = clock->cycle_last;
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.mask = clock->mask;
-	vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.mult = clock->mult;
+	vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.mult = mult;
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.shift = clock->shift;
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_sec = wall_time->tv_sec;
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_nsec = wall_time->tv_nsec;
diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index 83d2fbd81b93..95e4995d9987 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -280,10 +280,12 @@ extern struct clocksource * __init __weak clocksource_default_clock(void);
 extern void clocksource_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
-extern void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c);
+extern void
+update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c, u32 mult);
 extern void update_vsyscall_tz(void);
 #else
-static inline void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c)
+static inline void
+update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c, u32 mult)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index c3a4e2907eaa..2a6d3e3e2c3e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void timekeeping_leap_insert(int leapsecond)
 {
 	xtime.tv_sec += leapsecond;
 	wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec -= leapsecond;
-	update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock);
+	update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock, timekeeper.mult);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ int do_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv)
 	timekeeper.ntp_error = 0;
 	ntp_clear();
 
-	update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock);
+	update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock, timekeeper.mult);
 
 	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
 
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ void update_wall_time(void)
 	update_xtime_cache(nsecs);
 
 	/* check to see if there is a new clocksource to use */
-	update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock);
+	update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock, timekeeper.mult);
 }
 
 /**