/* Calibrate TSC using MSR for Intel Atom SoCs */
        local_irq_save(flags);
-       i = try_msr_calibrate_tsc(&fast_calibrate);
+       fast_calibrate = try_msr_calibrate_tsc();
        local_irq_restore(flags);
-       if (i >= 0) {
-               if (i == 0)
-                       pr_warn("Fast TSC calibration using MSR failed\n");
+       if (fast_calibrate)
                return fast_calibrate;
-       }
 
        local_irq_save(flags);
        fast_calibrate = quick_pit_calibrate();
 
 
 /*
  * Do MSR calibration only for known/supported CPUs.
- * Return values:
- * -1: CPU is unknown/unsupported for MSR based calibration
- *  0: CPU is known/supported, but calibration failed
- *  1: CPU is known/supported, and calibration succeeded
+ *
+ * Returns the calibration value or 0 if MSR calibration failed.
  */
-int try_msr_calibrate_tsc(unsigned long *fast_calibrate)
+unsigned long try_msr_calibrate_tsc(void)
 {
-       int cpu_index;
        u32 lo, hi, ratio, freq_id, freq;
+       unsigned long res;
+       int cpu_index;
 
        cpu_index = match_cpu(boot_cpu_data.x86, boot_cpu_data.x86_model);
        if (cpu_index < 0)
-               return -1;
-
-       *fast_calibrate = 0;
+               return 0;
 
        if (freq_desc_tables[cpu_index].msr_plat) {
                rdmsr(MSR_PLATFORM_INFO, lo, hi);
        pr_info("Maximum core-clock to bus-clock ratio: 0x%x\n", ratio);
 
        if (!ratio)
-               return 0;
+               goto fail;
 
        /* Get FSB FREQ ID */
        rdmsr(MSR_FSB_FREQ, lo, hi);
        pr_info("Resolved frequency ID: %u, frequency: %u KHz\n",
                                freq_id, freq);
        if (!freq)
-               return 0;
+               goto fail;
 
        /* TSC frequency = maximum resolved freq * maximum resolved bus ratio */
-       *fast_calibrate = freq * ratio;
-       pr_info("TSC runs at %lu KHz\n", *fast_calibrate);
+       res = freq * ratio;
+       pr_info("TSC runs at %lu KHz\n", res);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
        lapic_timer_frequency = (freq * 1000) / HZ;
        pr_info("lapic_timer_frequency = %d\n", lapic_timer_frequency);
 #endif
+       return res;
 
-       return 1;
+fail:
+       pr_warn("Fast TSC calibration using MSR failed\n");
+       return 0;
 }