--- apm.c.bor	Tue Dec 18 20:30:08 2001
+++ apm.c	Tue Dec 18 20:42:24 2001
@@ -1381,13 +1381,18 @@
 		 */
 		if (apm_do_idle() != -1) {
 			unsigned long start = jiffies;
+			unsigned long before;
 			while ((!exit_kapmd) && system_idle()) {
-				if (apm_do_idle()) {
+				before = jiffies;
+				if (apm_do_idle() || (jiffies == before && !current->need_resched)) {
 					set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 					/* APM needs us to snooze .. either
 					   the BIOS call failed (-1) or it
 					   slowed the clock (1). We sleep
-					   until it talks to us again */
+					   until it talks to us again.
+					   If clock did not advance CPU was
+					   not halted by BIOS so we do it
+					   now*/
 					schedule_timeout(1);
 				}
 				if ((jiffies - start) > APM_CHECK_TIMEOUT) {