diff --git a/init/calibrate.c b/init/calibrate.c
index 8628697..7963e3f 100644
--- a/init/calibrate.c
+++ b/init/calibrate.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/timex.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 
-unsigned long lpj_tsc;
+unsigned long lpj_fine;
 unsigned long preset_lpj;
 static int __init lpj_setup(char *str)
 {
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
 	unsigned long pre_start, start, post_start;
 	unsigned long pre_end, end, post_end;
 	unsigned long start_jiffies;
-	unsigned long tsc_rate_min, tsc_rate_max;
-	unsigned long good_tsc_sum = 0;
-	unsigned long good_tsc_count = 0;
+	unsigned long timer_rate_min, timer_rate_max;
+	unsigned long good_timer_sum = 0;
+	unsigned long good_timer_count = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	if (read_current_timer(&pre_start) < 0 )
@@ -81,22 +81,24 @@
 		}
 		read_current_timer(&post_end);
 
-		tsc_rate_max = (post_end - pre_start) / DELAY_CALIBRATION_TICKS;
-		tsc_rate_min = (pre_end - post_start) / DELAY_CALIBRATION_TICKS;
+		timer_rate_max = (post_end - pre_start) /
+					DELAY_CALIBRATION_TICKS;
+		timer_rate_min = (pre_end - post_start) /
+					DELAY_CALIBRATION_TICKS;
 
 		/*
-	 	 * If the upper limit and lower limit of the tsc_rate is
+		 * If the upper limit and lower limit of the timer_rate is
 		 * >= 12.5% apart, redo calibration.
 		 */
 		if (pre_start != 0 && pre_end != 0 &&
-		    (tsc_rate_max - tsc_rate_min) < (tsc_rate_max >> 3)) {
-			good_tsc_count++;
-			good_tsc_sum += tsc_rate_max;
+		    (timer_rate_max - timer_rate_min) < (timer_rate_max >> 3)) {
+			good_timer_count++;
+			good_timer_sum += timer_rate_max;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (good_tsc_count)
-		return (good_tsc_sum/good_tsc_count);
+	if (good_timer_count)
+		return (good_timer_sum/good_timer_count);
 
 	printk(KERN_WARNING "calibrate_delay_direct() failed to get a good "
 	       "estimate for loops_per_jiffy.\nProbably due to long platform interrupts. Consider using \"lpj=\" boot option.\n");
@@ -111,8 +113,8 @@
  * bit takes on average 1.5/HZ seconds.  This (like the original) is a little
  * better than 1%
  * For the boot cpu we can skip the delay calibration and assign it a value
- * calculated based on the tsc frequency.
- * For the rest of the CPUs we cannot assume that the tsc frequency is same as
+ * calculated based on the timer frequency.
+ * For the rest of the CPUs we cannot assume that the timer frequency is same as
  * the cpu frequency, hence do the calibration for those.
  */
 #define LPS_PREC 8
@@ -126,11 +128,11 @@
 		loops_per_jiffy = preset_lpj;
 		printk(KERN_INFO
 			"Calibrating delay loop (skipped) preset value.. ");
-	} else if ((smp_processor_id() == 0) && lpj_tsc) {
-		loops_per_jiffy = lpj_tsc;
+	} else if ((smp_processor_id() == 0) && lpj_fine) {
+		loops_per_jiffy = lpj_fine;
 		printk(KERN_INFO
 			"Calibrating delay loop (skipped), "
-			"using tsc calculated value.. ");
+			"value calculated using timer frequency.. ");
 	} else if ((loops_per_jiffy = calibrate_delay_direct()) != 0) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO
 			"Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. ");