1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 7bd715fda974..353b9227c2ec 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1252,6 +1252,12 @@ unsigned long get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long now)
         struct tvec_base *base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
         unsigned long expires;
 
+        /*
+         * Pretend that there is no timer pending if the cpu is offline.
+         * Possible pending timers will be migrated later to an active cpu.
+         */
+        if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))
+                return now + NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA;
         spin_lock(&base->lock);
         if (time_before_eq(base->next_timer, base->timer_jiffies))
                 base->next_timer = __next_timer_interrupt(base);