*
  *  Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Andy Grover <andrew.grover@intel.com>
  *  Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Paul Diefenbaugh <paul.s.diefenbaugh@intel.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004       Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
  *  Copyright (C) 2004  Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
  *                     - Added processor hotplug support
  *  Copyright (C) 2005  Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
                u32 bm_status = 0;
                unsigned long diff = jiffies - pr->power.bm_check_timestamp;
 
-               if (diff > 32)
-                       diff = 32;
+               if (diff > 31)
+                       diff = 31;
 
-               while (diff) {
-                       /* if we didn't get called, assume there was busmaster activity */
-                       diff--;
-                       if (diff)
-                               pr->power.bm_activity |= 0x1;
-                       pr->power.bm_activity <<= 1;
-               }
+               pr->power.bm_activity <<= diff;
 
                acpi_get_register(ACPI_BITREG_BUS_MASTER_STATUS,
                                  &bm_status, ACPI_MTX_DO_NOT_LOCK);
                if (bm_status) {
-                       pr->power.bm_activity++;
+                       pr->power.bm_activity |= 0x1;
                        acpi_set_register(ACPI_BITREG_BUS_MASTER_STATUS,
                                          1, ACPI_MTX_DO_NOT_LOCK);
                }
                else if (errata.piix4.bmisx) {
                        if ((inb_p(errata.piix4.bmisx + 0x02) & 0x01)
                            || (inb_p(errata.piix4.bmisx + 0x0A) & 0x01))
-                               pr->power.bm_activity++;
+                               pr->power.bm_activity |= 0x1;
                }
 
                pr->power.bm_check_timestamp = jiffies;