diff --git a/core/time/perf.odin b/core/time/perf.odin
index d254687fe..43bf2e313 100644
--- a/core/time/perf.odin
+++ b/core/time/perf.odin
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ _tick_duration_end :: proc "contextless" (d: ^Duration, t: Tick) {
 }
 
 when ODIN_ARCH == .amd64 {
-	_has_invariant_tsc :: proc "contextless" () -> bool {
+	x86_has_invariant_tsc :: proc "contextless" () -> bool {
 		eax, _, _, _ := intrinsics.x86_cpuid(0x80_000_000, 0)
 
 		// Is this processor *really* ancient?
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ when ODIN_ARCH == .amd64 {
 		// check if the invariant TSC bit is set
 		_, _, _, edx := intrinsics.x86_cpuid(0x80_000_007, 0)
 		return (edx & (1 << 8)) != 0
-
 	}
-} else {
-	_has_invariant_tsc :: proc "contextless" () -> bool {
-		return false
+
+	x86_get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> (u64, bool) {
+		return _x86_get_tsc_frequency()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/core/time/tsc_darwin.odin b/core/time/tsc_darwin.odin
index f2796470e..c82147b1d 100644
--- a/core/time/tsc_darwin.odin
+++ b/core/time/tsc_darwin.odin
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@
 //+build darwin
 package time
 
-import "core:sys/darwin"
+import "core:c"
 
-_get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> u64 {
-	@(static) frequency : u64 = 0
-	if frequency > 0 {
-		return frequency
-	}
+foreign import libc "System.framework"
+foreign libc {
+	@(link_name="sysctlbyname") _sysctlbyname    :: proc(path: cstring, oldp: rawptr, oldlenp: rawptr, newp: rawptr, newlen: int) -> c.int ---
+}
 
+_x86_get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> (u64, bool) {
 	tmp_freq : u64 = 0
 	tmp_size : i64 = size_of(tmp_freq)
-	ret := darwin.syscall_sysctlbyname("machdep.tsc.frequency", &tmp_freq, &tmp_size, nil, 0)
+	ret := _sysctlbyname("machdep.tsc.frequency", &tmp_freq, &tmp_size, nil, 0)
 	if ret < 0 {
-		frequency = 1
-		return 0
+		return 0, false
 	}
 
-	frequency = tmp_freq
-	return frequency
+	return tmp_freq, true
 }
diff --git a/core/time/tsc_linux.odin b/core/time/tsc_linux.odin
index d4042100c..c5f2902e9 100644
--- a/core/time/tsc_linux.odin
+++ b/core/time/tsc_linux.odin
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ package time
 import "core:intrinsics"
 import "core:sys/unix"
 
-_get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> u64 {
-	@(static) frequency : u64 = 0
-	if frequency > 0 {
-		return frequency
-	}
-
+_get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> (u64, bool) {
 	perf_attr := unix.Perf_Event_Attr{}
 	perf_attr.type = u32(unix.Perf_Type_Id.Hardware)
 	perf_attr.config = u64(unix.Perf_Hardware_Id.Instructions)
@@ -18,26 +13,23 @@ _get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> u64 {
 	perf_attr.flags = {.Disabled, .Exclude_Kernel, .Exclude_HV}
 	fd := unix.sys_perf_event_open(&perf_attr, 0, -1, -1, 0)
 	if fd == -1 {
-		frequency = 1
-		return 0
+		return 0, false
 	}
 	defer unix.sys_close(fd)
 
 	page_size : uint = 4096
 	ret := unix.sys_mmap(nil, page_size, unix.PROT_READ, unix.MAP_SHARED, fd, 0)
 	if ret < 0 && ret > -4096 {
-		frequency = 1
-		return 0
+		return 0, false
 	}
 	addr := rawptr(uintptr(ret))
 	defer unix.sys_munmap(addr, page_size)
 
 	event_page := (^unix.Perf_Event_mmap_Page)(addr)
 	if .User_Time not_in event_page.cap.flags {
-		frequency = 1
-		return 0
+		return 0, false
 	}
 
-	frequency = u64((u128(1_000_000_000) << u128(event_page.time_shift)) / u128(event_page.time_mult))
-	return frequency
+	frequency := u64((u128(1_000_000_000) << u128(event_page.time_shift)) / u128(event_page.time_mult))
+	return frequency, true
 }
diff --git a/core/time/tsc_windows.odin b/core/time/tsc_windows.odin
index 245767b81..a1707f982 100644
--- a/core/time/tsc_windows.odin
+++ b/core/time/tsc_windows.odin
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ package time
 import "core:intrinsics"
 import win32 "core:sys/windows"
 
-_get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> u64 {
-	@(static) frequency : u64 = 0
-	if frequency > 0 {
-		return frequency
-	}
-
+_get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> (u64, bool) {
 	qpc_begin: win32.LARGE_INTEGER
 	win32.QueryPerformanceCounter(&qpc_begin)
 	tsc_begin := intrinsics.read_cycle_counter()
@@ -25,5 +20,5 @@ _get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> u64 {
 	win32.QueryPerformanceFrequency(&qpc_frequency)
 
 	frequency = u64((u128(tsc_end - tsc_begin) * u128(qpc_frequency)) / u128(qpc_end - qpc_begin))
-	return frequency
+	return frequency, true
 }