diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index c59454c382fdcd78c45be54cdfe43e064f58f766..7e322e2daaf59e06841422dcbc926718a688a42d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -1505,6 +1505,9 @@ void __init tsc_init(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (tsc_clocksource_reliable || no_tsc_watchdog)
+		clocksource_tsc_early.flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY;
+
 	clocksource_register_khz(&clocksource_tsc_early, tsc_khz);
 	detect_art();
 }