diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 9bed5cae4bdcc31671c36b09393d854ac3327b14..8e786b0d665a42e1f24dc7a068ec21fa0a654eeb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static int time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 			mark_tsc_unstable("cpufreq changes");
 	}
 
-	set_cyc2ns_scale(tsc_khz_ref, freq->cpu);
+	set_cyc2ns_scale(tsc_khz, freq->cpu);
 
 	return 0;
 }