diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/param.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/param.h
index bf46af51941b..a5b68b268bcf 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/param.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/param.h
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <uapi/asm/param.h>
 
-#define HZ		CONFIG_HZ
-#define USER_HZ		HZ
-# define CLOCKS_PER_SEC	HZ	/* frequency at which times() counts */
+# undef HZ
+# define HZ		CONFIG_HZ
+# define USER_HZ	1024
+# define CLOCKS_PER_SEC	USER_HZ	/* frequency at which times() counts */
+
 #endif /* _ASM_ALPHA_PARAM_H */
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/param.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/param.h
index 29daed819ebd..dbcd9834af6d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/param.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/param.h
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _UAPI_ASM_ALPHA_PARAM_H
 #define _UAPI_ASM_ALPHA_PARAM_H
 
-/* ??? Gross.  I don't want to parameterize this, and supposedly the
-   hardware ignores reprogramming.  We also need userland buy-in to the 
-   change in HZ, since this is visible in the wait4 resources etc.  */
-
-#ifndef __KERNEL__
 #define HZ		1024
-#endif
 
 #define EXEC_PAGESIZE	8192
 
@@ -17,5 +11,4 @@
 
 #define MAXHOSTNAMELEN	64	/* max length of hostname */
 
-
 #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_ALPHA_PARAM_H */