--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
@@ -55,12 +55,10 @@ extern bool tsc_async_resets;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_TSC
 extern bool tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(bool bootcpu);
 extern void tsc_verify_tsc_adjust(bool resume);
-extern void check_tsc_sync_source(int cpu);
 extern void check_tsc_sync_target(void);
 #else
 static inline bool tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(bool bootcpu) { return false; }
 static inline void tsc_verify_tsc_adjust(bool resume) { }
-static inline void check_tsc_sync_source(int cpu) { }
 static inline void check_tsc_sync_target(void) { }
 #endif
 
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -275,11 +275,7 @@ static void notrace start_secondary(void
 	 */
 	smp_callin();
 
-	/*
-	 * Check TSC synchronization with the control CPU, which will do
-	 * its part of this from wait_cpu_online(), making it an implicit
-	 * synchronization point.
-	 */
+	/* Check TSC synchronization with the control CPU. */
 	check_tsc_sync_target();
 
 	/*
@@ -1141,21 +1137,11 @@ static void wait_cpu_callin(unsigned int
 }
 
 /*
- * Bringup step four: Synchronize the TSC and wait for the target AP
- * to reach set_cpu_online() in start_secondary().
+ * Bringup step four: Wait for the target AP to reach set_cpu_online() in
+ * start_secondary().
  */
 static void wait_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check TSC synchronization with the AP (keep irqs disabled
-	 * while doing so):
-	 */
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	check_tsc_sync_source(cpu);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-
 	/*
 	 * Wait for the AP to mark itself online, so the core caller
 	 * can drop sparse_irq_lock.
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ bool tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(bool
  */
 static atomic_t start_count;
 static atomic_t stop_count;
-static atomic_t skip_test;
 static atomic_t test_runs;
 
 /*
@@ -344,21 +343,14 @@ static inline unsigned int loop_timeout(
 }
 
 /*
- * Source CPU calls into this - it waits for the freshly booted
- * target CPU to arrive and then starts the measurement:
+ * The freshly booted CPU initiates this via an async SMP function call.
  */
-void check_tsc_sync_source(int cpu)
+static void check_tsc_sync_source(void *__cpu)
 {
+	unsigned int cpu = (unsigned long)__cpu;
 	int cpus = 2;
 
 	/*
-	 * No need to check if we already know that the TSC is not
-	 * synchronized or if we have no TSC.
-	 */
-	if (unsynchronized_tsc())
-		return;
-
-	/*
 	 * Set the maximum number of test runs to
 	 *  1 if the CPU does not provide the TSC_ADJUST MSR
 	 *  3 if the MSR is available, so the target can try to adjust
@@ -368,16 +360,9 @@ void check_tsc_sync_source(int cpu)
 	else
 		atomic_set(&test_runs, 3);
 retry:
-	/*
-	 * Wait for the target to start or to skip the test:
-	 */
-	while (atomic_read(&start_count) != cpus - 1) {
-		if (atomic_read(&skip_test) > 0) {
-			atomic_set(&skip_test, 0);
-			return;
-		}
+	/* Wait for the target to start. */
+	while (atomic_read(&start_count) != cpus - 1)
 		cpu_relax();
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Trigger the target to continue into the measurement too:
@@ -397,14 +382,14 @@ void check_tsc_sync_source(int cpu)
 	if (!nr_warps) {
 		atomic_set(&test_runs, 0);
 
-		pr_debug("TSC synchronization [CPU#%d -> CPU#%d]: passed\n",
+		pr_debug("TSC synchronization [CPU#%d -> CPU#%u]: passed\n",
 			smp_processor_id(), cpu);
 
 	} else if (atomic_dec_and_test(&test_runs) || random_warps) {
 		/* Force it to 0 if random warps brought us here */
 		atomic_set(&test_runs, 0);
 
-		pr_warn("TSC synchronization [CPU#%d -> CPU#%d]:\n",
+		pr_warn("TSC synchronization [CPU#%d -> CPU#%u]:\n",
 			smp_processor_id(), cpu);
 		pr_warn("Measured %Ld cycles TSC warp between CPUs, "
 			"turning off TSC clock.\n", max_warp);
@@ -457,11 +442,12 @@ void check_tsc_sync_target(void)
 	 * SoCs the TSC is frequency synchronized, but still the TSC ADJUST
 	 * register might have been wreckaged by the BIOS..
 	 */
-	if (tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(false) || tsc_clocksource_reliable) {
-		atomic_inc(&skip_test);
+	if (tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(false) || tsc_clocksource_reliable)
 		return;
-	}
 
+	/* Kick the control CPU into the TSC synchronization function */
+	smp_call_function_single(cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask), check_tsc_sync_source,
+				 (unsigned long *)(unsigned long)cpu, 0);
 retry:
 	/*
 	 * Register this CPU's participation and wait for the
