diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 7decd58c9cea..12f2f7dc121f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart apic_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *data)
 		return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
-int kvm_create_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 timer_advance_ns)
+int kvm_create_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int timer_advance_ns)
 {
 	struct kvm_lapic *apic;
 
@@ -2287,7 +2287,14 @@ int kvm_create_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 timer_advance_ns)
 	hrtimer_init(&apic->lapic_timer.timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
 		     HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
 	apic->lapic_timer.timer.function = apic_timer_fn;
-	apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns = timer_advance_ns;
+	if (timer_advance_ns == -1) {
+		apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns = 1000;
+		apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_adjust_done = false;
+	} else {
+		apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns = timer_advance_ns;
+		apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_adjust_done = true;
+	}
+
 
 	/*
 	 * APIC is created enabled. This will prevent kvm_lapic_set_base from
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
index 3e97f8a68967..d6d049ba3045 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct kvm_lapic {
 
 struct dest_map;
 
-int kvm_create_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 timer_advance_ns);
+int kvm_create_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int timer_advance_ns);
 void kvm_free_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 int kvm_apic_has_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index aa26a3cfc765..9482cb36b92a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -136,8 +136,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_default_tsc_scaling_ratio);
 static u32 __read_mostly tsc_tolerance_ppm = 250;
 module_param(tsc_tolerance_ppm, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 
-/* lapic timer advance (tscdeadline mode only) in nanoseconds */
-static u32 __read_mostly lapic_timer_advance_ns = 1000;
+/*
+ * lapic timer advance (tscdeadline mode only) in nanoseconds.  '-1' enables
+ * adaptive tuning starting from default advancment of 1000ns.  '0' disables
+ * advancement entirely.  Any other value is used as-is and disables adaptive
+ * tuning, i.e. allows priveleged userspace to set an exact advancement time.
+ */
+static int __read_mostly lapic_timer_advance_ns = -1;
 module_param(lapic_timer_advance_ns, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 
 static bool __read_mostly vector_hashing = true;