diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index 59fd3b6b1303..2256315416d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ static void hpet_legacy_clockevent_register(void)
 	/* Calculate the min / max delta */
 	hpet_clockevent.max_delta_ns = clockevent_delta2ns(0x7FFFFFFF,
 							   &hpet_clockevent);
-	hpet_clockevent.min_delta_ns = clockevent_delta2ns(0x30,
-							   &hpet_clockevent);
+	/* 5 usec minimum reprogramming delta. */
+	hpet_clockevent.min_delta_ns = 5000;
 
 	/*
 	 * Start hpet with the boot cpu mask and make it