--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 	  * - when local APIC timer is active (PIT is switched off)
 	  */
 	if (num_possible_cpus() > 1 || is_hpet_enabled() ||
-	    i8253_clockevent.mode != CLOCK_EVT_MODE_PERIODIC)
+	    !clockevent_state_periodic(&i8253_clockevent))
 		return 0;
 
 	return clocksource_i8253_init();