diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
index d0509c75e150..79125f3609c4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ extern void tsc_init(void);
 extern void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason);
 extern int unsynchronized_tsc(void);
 extern int check_tsc_unstable(void);
+extern void mark_tsc_async_resets(char *reason);
 extern unsigned long native_calibrate_cpu(void);
 extern unsigned long native_calibrate_tsc(void);
 extern unsigned long long native_sched_clock_from_tsc(u64 tsc);
 
 extern int tsc_clocksource_reliable;
+extern bool tsc_async_resets;
 
 /*
  * Boot-time check whether the TSCs are synchronized across
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
index 7842371bc9e4..3873dcdc7d7b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ struct tsc_adjust {
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tsc_adjust, tsc_adjust);
 
+/*
+ * TSC's on different sockets may be reset asynchronously.
+ * This may cause the TSC ADJUST value on socket 0 to be NOT 0.
+ */
+bool __read_mostly tsc_async_resets;
+
+void mark_tsc_async_resets(char *reason)
+{
+	if (tsc_async_resets)
+		return;
+	tsc_async_resets = true;
+	pr_info("tsc: Marking TSC async resets true due to %s\n", reason);
+}
+
 void tsc_verify_tsc_adjust(bool resume)
 {
 	struct tsc_adjust *adj = this_cpu_ptr(&tsc_adjust);
@@ -71,12 +85,22 @@ static void tsc_sanitize_first_cpu(struct tsc_adjust *cur, s64 bootval,
 	 * non zero. We don't do that on non boot cpus because physical
 	 * hotplug should have set the ADJUST register to a value > 0 so
 	 * the TSC is in sync with the already running cpus.
+	 *
+	 * Also don't force the ADJUST value to zero if that is a valid value
+	 * for socket 0 as determined by the system arch.  This is required
+	 * when multiple sockets are reset asynchronously with each other
+	 * and socket 0 may not have an TSC ADJUST value of 0.
 	 */
 	if (bootcpu && bootval != 0) {
-		pr_warn(FW_BUG "TSC ADJUST: CPU%u: %lld force to 0\n", cpu,
-			bootval);
-		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, 0);
-		bootval = 0;
+		if (likely(!tsc_async_resets)) {
+			pr_warn(FW_BUG "TSC ADJUST: CPU%u: %lld force to 0\n",
+				cpu, bootval);
+			wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, 0);
+			bootval = 0;
+		} else {
+			pr_info("TSC ADJUST: CPU%u: %lld NOT forced to 0\n",
+				cpu, bootval);
+		}
 	}
 	cur->adjusted = bootval;
 }
@@ -117,6 +141,13 @@ bool tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(bool bootcpu)
 	cur->nextcheck = jiffies + HZ;
 	cur->warned = false;
 
+	/*
+	 * If a non-zero TSC value for socket 0 may be valid then the default
+	 * adjusted value cannot assumed to be zero either.
+	 */
+	if (tsc_async_resets)
+		cur->adjusted = bootval;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check whether this CPU is the first in a package to come up. In
 	 * this case do not check the boot value against another package