}
 
        hpet_address = hpet_tbl->address.address;
+
+       /*
+        * Some broken BIOSes advertise HPET at 0x0. We really do not
+        * want to allocate a resource there.
+        */
+       if (!hpet_address) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
+                      "HPET id: %#x base: %#lx is invalid\n",
+                      hpet_tbl->id, hpet_address);
+               return 0;
+       }
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+       /*
+        * Some even more broken BIOSes advertise HPET at
+        * 0xfed0000000000000 instead of 0xfed00000. Fix it up and add
+        * some noise:
+        */
+       if (hpet_address == 0xfed0000000000000UL) {
+               if (!hpet_force_user) {
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "HPET id: %#x "
+                              "base: 0xfed0000000000000 is bogus\n "
+                              "try hpet=force on the kernel command line to "
+                              "fix it up to 0xfed00000.\n", hpet_tbl->id);
+                       hpet_address = 0;
+                       return 0;
+               }
+               printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
+                      "HPET id: %#x base: 0xfed0000000000000 fixed up "
+                      "to 0xfed00000.\n", hpet_tbl->id);
+               hpet_address >>= 32;
+       }
+#endif
        printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "HPET id: %#x base: %#lx\n",
               hpet_tbl->id, hpet_address);