diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index dc17ffcf1919..87fc34f21db2 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -282,8 +282,31 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 	/* Schedule the tick, if we are at least one jiffie off */
 	if ((long)delta_jiffies >= 1) {
 
+		/*
+		* calculate the expiry time for the next timer wheel
+		* timer
+		*/
+		expires = ktime_add_ns(last_update, tick_period.tv64 *
+				   delta_jiffies);
+
+		/*
+		 * If this cpu is the one which updates jiffies, then
+		 * give up the assignment and let it be taken by the
+		 * cpu which runs the tick timer next, which might be
+		 * this cpu as well. If we don't drop this here the
+		 * jiffies might be stale and do_timer() never
+		 * invoked.
+		 */
+		if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu)
+			tick_do_timer_cpu = TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE;
+
 		if (delta_jiffies > 1)
 			cpu_set(cpu, nohz_cpu_mask);
+
+		/* Skip reprogram of event if its not changed */
+		if (ts->tick_stopped && ktime_equal(expires, dev->next_event))
+			goto out;
+
 		/*
 		 * nohz_stop_sched_tick can be called several times before
 		 * the nohz_restart_sched_tick is called. This happens when
@@ -306,17 +329,6 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 			rcu_enter_nohz();
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * If this cpu is the one which updates jiffies, then
-		 * give up the assignment and let it be taken by the
-		 * cpu which runs the tick timer next, which might be
-		 * this cpu as well. If we don't drop this here the
-		 * jiffies might be stale and do_timer() never
-		 * invoked.
-		 */
-		if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu)
-			tick_do_timer_cpu = TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE;
-
 		ts->idle_sleeps++;
 
 		/*
@@ -332,12 +344,7 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * calculate the expiry time for the next timer wheel
-		 * timer
-		 */
-		expires = ktime_add_ns(last_update, tick_period.tv64 *
-				       delta_jiffies);
+		/* Mark expiries */
 		ts->idle_expires = expires;
 
 		if (ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_HIGHRES) {