diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/param.h b/include/asm-alpha/param.h
index 0982f1d39499fbe337b440cc995913e2fbbb792d..e691ecfedb2ce93b7544596487f8abf9f9fff652 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/param.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/param.h
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@
    hardware ignores reprogramming.  We also need userland buy-in to the 
    change in HZ, since this is visible in the wait4 resources etc.  */
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
 #define HZ		CONFIG_HZ
 #define USER_HZ		HZ
+#else
+#define HZ		1024
+#endif
 
 #define EXEC_PAGESIZE	8192
 
diff --git a/include/asm-h8300/param.h b/include/asm-h8300/param.h
index 04f64f1003792b77c4a6be5a8da51f3f7b2e9b93..1c72fb8080ff645dffeb799d052283014bc2e535 100644
--- a/include/asm-h8300/param.h
+++ b/include/asm-h8300/param.h
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef _H8300_PARAM_H
 #define _H8300_PARAM_H
 
-
-#ifndef HZ
-#define HZ CONFIG_HZ
-#endif
-
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
+#define HZ		CONFIG_HZ
 #define	USER_HZ		HZ
 #define	CLOCKS_PER_SEC	(USER_HZ)
+#else
+#define HZ		100
 #endif
 
 #define EXEC_PAGESIZE	4096
diff --git a/include/asm-um/param.h b/include/asm-um/param.h
index 4cd4a226f8c125d07668b15fbf239370baa58ebe..e44f4e60d16d387a9c7fb6ac72a1e5231e1205da 100644
--- a/include/asm-um/param.h
+++ b/include/asm-um/param.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #define HZ CONFIG_HZ
 #define USER_HZ	100	   /* .. some user interfaces are in "ticks" */
 #define CLOCKS_PER_SEC (USER_HZ)  /* frequency at which times() counts */
+#else
+#define HZ 100
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-v850/param.h b/include/asm-v850/param.h
index 281832690290536007c861a8362634cb673b7f43..4391f5fe0204129be5aa0b96f28514e799e336ca 100644
--- a/include/asm-v850/param.h
+++ b/include/asm-v850/param.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 # define HZ		CONFIG_HZ
 # define USER_HZ	100
 # define CLOCKS_PER_SEC	USER_HZ
+#else
+# define HZ		100
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __V850_PARAM_H__ */
diff --git a/include/asm-xtensa/param.h b/include/asm-xtensa/param.h
index 82ad34d92d359746de497c9a680306a7a661f45f..ba03d5aeab6b085d21bd0b14db47163552f04be7 100644
--- a/include/asm-xtensa/param.h
+++ b/include/asm-xtensa/param.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # define HZ		CONFIG_HZ	/* internal timer frequency */
 # define USER_HZ	100		/* for user interfaces in "ticks" */
 # define CLOCKS_PER_SEC (USER_HZ)	/* frequnzy at which times() counts */
+#else
+# define HZ		100
 #endif
 
 #define EXEC_PAGESIZE	4096