diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_clock.c b/sys/kern/kern_clock.c
index 2e7ca8b7853..e50b73182a9 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_clock.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_clock.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #include <sys/bus.h>
 #include <sys/interrupt.h>
+#include <sys/timetc.h>
 
 #include <machine/cpu.h>
 #include <machine/limits.h>
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ hardclock(frame)
 	hardclock_process(curthread, CLKF_USERMODE(frame));
 	mtx_unlock_spin_flags(&sched_lock, MTX_QUIET);
 
+	tc_ticktock();
 	/*
 	 * If no separate statistics clock is available, run it from here.
 	 *
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_tc.c b/sys/kern/kern_tc.c
index e2607bf352a..d3d437d441d 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_tc.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_tc.c
@@ -647,12 +647,15 @@ pps_event(struct pps_state *pps, int event)
 static int tc_tick;
 SYSCTL_INT(_kern_timecounter, OID_AUTO, tick, CTLFLAG_RD, &tick, 0, "");
 
-static void
-tc_ticktock(void *dummy)
+void
+tc_ticktock(void)
 {
+	static int count;
 
+	if (++count < tc_tick)
+		return;
+	count = 0;
 	tc_windup();
-	timeout(tc_ticktock, NULL, tc_tick);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -678,7 +681,6 @@ inittimecounter(void *dummy)
 	/* warm up new timecounter (again) and get rolling. */
 	(void)timecounter->tc_get_timecount(timecounter);
 	(void)timecounter->tc_get_timecount(timecounter);
-	tc_ticktock(NULL);
 }
 
 SYSINIT(timecounter, SI_SUB_CLOCKS, SI_ORDER_FIRST, inittimecounter, NULL)
diff --git a/sys/sys/timetc.h b/sys/sys/timetc.h
index b0090300c57..f0d70d5fc63 100644
--- a/sys/sys/timetc.h
+++ b/sys/sys/timetc.h
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@ extern struct timecounter *timecounter;
 u_int32_t tc_getfrequency(void);
 void	tc_init(struct timecounter *tc);
 void	tc_setclock(struct timespec *ts);
+void	tc_ticktock(void);
 
 #endif /* !_SYS_TIMETC_H_ */