diff -urN linux-test10-pre5-old/arch/i386/kernel/time.c linux/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
--- linux-test10-pre5-old/arch/i386/kernel/time.c	Wed Oct 25 12:05:22 2000
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/time.c	Thu Oct 26 15:29:23 2000
@@ -492,6 +492,14 @@
 
 		count = inb_p(0x40);    /* read the latched count */
 		count |= inb(0x40) << 8;
+
+		if (count > LATCH-1) {
+			outb_p(0x34, 0x43);
+		        outb_p(LATCH & 0xff, 0x40);
+			outb(LATCH >> 8, 0x40);
+			count = LATCH - 1;
+		}
+
 		spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
 
 		count = ((LATCH-1) - count) * TICK_SIZE;