diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index fd0dc30c9f154af94155b8c8c47e0a228fbd2573..c9ec9400ee5bcc2751e7d5f0eaed412dd58252bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ enum  hrtimer_base_type {
  * @lock:		lock protecting the base and associated clock bases
  *			and timers
  * @active_bases:	Bitfield to mark bases with active timers
+ * @clock_was_set:	Indicates that clock was set from irq context.
  * @expires_next:	absolute time of the next event which was scheduled
  *			via clock_set_next_event()
  * @hres_active:	State of high resolution mode
@@ -177,7 +178,8 @@ enum  hrtimer_base_type {
  */
 struct hrtimer_cpu_base {
 	raw_spinlock_t			lock;
-	unsigned long			active_bases;
+	unsigned int			active_bases;
+	unsigned int			clock_was_set;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
 	ktime_t				expires_next;
 	int				hres_active;
@@ -286,6 +288,8 @@ extern void hrtimer_peek_ahead_timers(void);
 # define MONOTONIC_RES_NSEC	HIGH_RES_NSEC
 # define KTIME_MONOTONIC_RES	KTIME_HIGH_RES
 
+extern void clock_was_set_delayed(void);
+
 #else
 
 # define MONOTONIC_RES_NSEC	LOW_RES_NSEC
@@ -306,6 +310,9 @@ static inline int hrtimer_is_hres_active(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline void clock_was_set_delayed(void) { }
+
 #endif
 
 extern void clock_was_set(void);
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index ae34bf51682b4a204de93f62943055350cd5c4d0..3c24fb2c25c86ed99616b32c4ce68dbc24d85353 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -717,6 +717,19 @@ static int hrtimer_switch_to_hres(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called from timekeeping code to reprogramm the hrtimer interrupt
+ * device. If called from the timer interrupt context we defer it to
+ * softirq context.
+ */
+void clock_was_set_delayed(void)
+{
+	struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base = &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases);
+
+	cpu_base->clock_was_set = 1;
+	__raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+}
+
 #else
 
 static inline int hrtimer_hres_active(void) { return 0; }
@@ -1395,6 +1408,13 @@ void hrtimer_peek_ahead_timers(void)
 
 static void run_hrtimer_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
+	struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base = &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases);
+
+	if (cpu_base->clock_was_set) {
+		cpu_base->clock_was_set = 0;
+		clock_was_set();
+	}
+
 	hrtimer_peek_ahead_timers();
 }