diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_time.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_time.cpp
index 92ac650f8d..b04be640bc 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_time.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_time.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ u64 convert_to_timebased_time(u64 time)
 
 u64 get_timebased_time()
 {
-	if (0) if (u64 freq = utils::get_tsc_freq())
+	if (u64 freq = utils::get_tsc_freq())
 	{
 		const u64 tsc = utils::get_tsc();
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ void initialize_timebased_time(u64 timebased_init, bool reset)
 // Returns some relative time in microseconds, don't change this fact
 u64 get_system_time()
 {
-	if (0) if (u64 freq = utils::get_tsc_freq())
+	if (u64 freq = utils::get_tsc_freq())
 	{
 		const u64 tsc = utils::get_tsc();
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/util/sysinfo.cpp b/rpcs3/util/sysinfo.cpp
index d64a5e6553..8c958e389d 100755
--- a/rpcs3/util/sysinfo.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/util/sysinfo.cpp
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ std::string utils::get_system_info()
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		fmt::append(result, " | TSC: Bad");
+		fmt::append(result, " | TSC: Disabled");
 	}
 
 	if (has_avx())
@@ -772,15 +772,26 @@ static const bool s_tsc_freq_evaluated = []() -> bool
 #endif
 
 		if (!utils::has_invariant_tsc())
+		{
 			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (utils::get_cpu_brand().find("Ryzen") != umax)
+		{
+			return 0;
+		}
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 		LARGE_INTEGER freq;
 		if (!QueryPerformanceFrequency(&freq))
+		{
 			return 0;
+		}
 
 		if (freq.QuadPart <= 9'999'999)
+		{
 			return 0;
+		}
 
 		const ullong timer_freq = freq.QuadPart;
 #else
@@ -880,7 +891,7 @@ static const bool s_tsc_freq_evaluated = []() -> bool
 		return round_tsc(res, utils::mul_saturate<u64>(utils::add_saturate<u64>(rdtsc_diff[0], rdtsc_diff[1]), utils::aligned_div(timer_freq, timer_data[1] - timer_data[0])));
 	}();
 
-	atomic_storage<u64>::release(utils::s_tsc_freq, cal_tsc);
+	atomic_storage<u64>::store(utils::s_tsc_freq, cal_tsc);
 	return true;
 }();