1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 73c492ce404b..c3a95b122209 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -884,16 +884,17 @@ static void check_process_timers(struct task_struct *tsk,
 
         /*
          * If there are no active process wide timers (POSIX 1.b, itimers,
-         * RLIMIT_CPU) nothing to check.
+         * RLIMIT_CPU) nothing to check. Also skip the process wide timer
+         * processing when there is already another task handling them.
          */
-        if (!READ_ONCE(pct->timers_active))
+        if (!READ_ONCE(pct->timers_active) || pct->expiry_active)
                 return;
 
-       /*
+        /*
          * Signify that a thread is checking for process timers.
          * Write access to this field is protected by the sighand lock.
          */
-        pct->timers_active = true;
+        pct->expiry_active = true;
 
         /*
          * Collect the current process totals. Group accounting is active