diff -Nru a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c b/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c	Tue Mar 25 12:08:26 2003
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/time.c	Tue Mar 25 12:08:26 2003
@@ -268,41 +268,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Lost tick detection and compensation
- */
-static inline void detect_lost_tick(void)
-{
-	/* read time since last interrupt */
-	unsigned long delta = timer->get_offset();
-	static unsigned long dbg_print;
-	
-	/* check if delta is greater then two ticks */
-	if(delta >= 2*(1000000/HZ)){
-
-		/*
-		 * only print debug info first 5 times
-		 */
-		/*
-		 * AKPM: disable this for now; it's nice, but irritating.
-		 */
-		if (0 && dbg_print < 5) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "\nWarning! Detected %lu "
-				"micro-second gap between interrupts.\n",
-				delta);
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "  Compensating for %lu lost "
-				"ticks.\n",
-				delta/(1000000/HZ)-1);
-			dump_stack();
-			dbg_print++;
-		}
-		/* calculate number of missed ticks */
-		delta = delta/(1000000/HZ)-1;
-		jiffies += delta;
-	}
-		
-}
-
-/*
  * This is the same as the above, except we _also_ save the current
  * Time Stamp Counter value at the time of the timer interrupt, so that
  * we later on can estimate the time of day more exactly.
@@ -318,7 +283,6 @@
 	 */
 	write_seqlock(&xtime_lock);
 
-	detect_lost_tick();
 	timer->mark_offset();
  
 	do_timer_interrupt(irq, NULL, regs);
diff -Nru a/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_cyclone.c b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_cyclone.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_cyclone.c	Tue Mar 25 12:08:26 2003
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_cyclone.c	Tue Mar 25 12:08:26 2003
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 
 extern spinlock_t i8253_lock;
+extern unsigned long jiffies;
 extern unsigned long calibrate_tsc(void);
 
 /* Number of usecs that the last interrupt was delayed */
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 
 static void mark_offset_cyclone(void)
 {
+	u32 delta = last_cyclone_timer;
 	int count;
 	spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
 	/* quickly read the cyclone timer */
@@ -47,6 +49,13 @@
 	count = inb_p(0x40);    /* read the latched count */
 	count |= inb(0x40) << 8;
 	spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
+
+	/* lost tick compensation */
+	delta = last_cyclone_timer - delta;	
+	delta /=(CYCLONE_TIMER_FREQ/1000000);
+	delta += delay_at_last_interrupt;
+	if(delta >= 2*(1000000/HZ))
+		jiffies += delta/(1000000/HZ)-1;
 
 	count = ((LATCH-1) - count) * TICK_SIZE;
 	delay_at_last_interrupt = (count + LATCH/2) / LATCH;
diff -Nru a/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c	Tue Mar 25 12:08:26 2003
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c	Tue Mar 25 12:08:26 2003
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 int tsc_disable __initdata = 0;
 
 extern spinlock_t i8253_lock;
+extern unsigned long jiffies;
 
 static int use_tsc;
 /* Number of usecs that the last interrupt was delayed */
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
 
 static void mark_offset_tsc(void)
 {
+	unsigned long delta = last_tsc_low;
 	int count;
 	int countmp;
 	static int count1=0, count2=LATCH;
@@ -101,6 +103,21 @@
 			count2 = count1; count1 = count; count = count1;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/* lost tick compensation */
+	delta = last_tsc_low - delta;
+	{
+		register unsigned long eax, edx;
+		eax = delta;
+		__asm__("mull %2"
+		:"=a" (eax), "=d" (edx)
+		:"rm" (fast_gettimeoffset_quotient),
+		 "0" (eax));
+		delta = edx;
+	}
+	delta += delay_at_last_interrupt;
+	if(delta >= 2*(1000000/HZ))
+		jiffies += delta/(1000000/HZ)-1;
 
 	count = ((LATCH-1) - count) * TICK_SIZE;
 	delay_at_last_interrupt = (count + LATCH/2) / LATCH;