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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 289247d974c..0ca27c7b0e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -637,6 +637,38 @@ static int __init acpi_parse_hpet(struct acpi_table_header *table)
}
hpet_address = hpet_tbl->address.address;
+
+ /*
+ * Some broken BIOSes advertise HPET at 0x0. We really do not
+ * want to allocate a resource there.
+ */
+ if (!hpet_address) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
+ "HPET id: %#x base: %#lx is invalid\n",
+ hpet_tbl->id, hpet_address);
+ return 0;
+ }
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ /*
+ * Some even more broken BIOSes advertise HPET at
+ * 0xfed0000000000000 instead of 0xfed00000. Fix it up and add
+ * some noise:
+ */
+ if (hpet_address == 0xfed0000000000000UL) {
+ if (!hpet_force_user) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "HPET id: %#x "
+ "base: 0xfed0000000000000 is bogus\n "
+ "try hpet=force on the kernel command line to "
+ "fix it up to 0xfed00000.\n", hpet_tbl->id);
+ hpet_address = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
+ "HPET id: %#x base: 0xfed0000000000000 fixed up "
+ "to 0xfed00000.\n", hpet_tbl->id);
+ hpet_address >>= 32;
+ }
+#endif
printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "HPET id: %#x base: %#lx\n",
hpet_tbl->id, hpet_address);