diff --git a/crypto/xor.c b/crypto/xor.c
index a1363162978c..f39621a57bb3 100644
--- a/crypto/xor.c
+++ b/crypto/xor.c
@@ -83,33 +83,30 @@ static void __init
 do_xor_speed(struct xor_block_template *tmpl, void *b1, void *b2)
 {
 	int speed;
-	int i, j;
-	ktime_t min, start, diff;
+	unsigned long reps;
+	ktime_t min, start, t0;
 
 	tmpl->next = template_list;
 	template_list = tmpl;
 
 	preempt_disable();
 
-	min = (ktime_t)S64_MAX;
-	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-		start = ktime_get();
-		for (j = 0; j < REPS; j++) {
-			mb(); /* prevent loop optimization */
-			tmpl->do_2(BENCH_SIZE, b1, b2);
-			mb();
-		}
-		diff = ktime_sub(ktime_get(), start);
-		if (diff < min)
-			min = diff;
-	}
+	reps = 0;
+	t0 = ktime_get();
+	/* delay start until time has advanced */
+	while ((start = ktime_get()) == t0)
+		cpu_relax();
+	do {
+		mb(); /* prevent loop optimization */
+		tmpl->do_2(BENCH_SIZE, b1, b2);
+		mb();
+	} while (reps++ < REPS || (t0 = ktime_get()) == start);
+	min = ktime_sub(t0, start);
 
 	preempt_enable();
 
 	// bytes/ns == GB/s, multiply by 1000 to get MB/s [not MiB/s]
-	if (!min)
-		min = 1;
-	speed = (1000 * REPS * BENCH_SIZE) / (unsigned int)ktime_to_ns(min);
+	speed = (1000 * reps * BENCH_SIZE) / (unsigned int)ktime_to_ns(min);
 	tmpl->speed = speed;
 
 	pr_info("   %-16s: %5d MB/sec\n", tmpl->name, speed);