diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 7400900de94a..54648e625efd 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
 
 
 struct hrtimer_clock_base;
@@ -447,6 +448,8 @@ extern void timer_stats_update_stats(void *timer, pid_t pid, void *startf,
 
 static inline void timer_stats_account_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
+	if (likely(!timer->start_pid))
+		return;
 	timer_stats_update_stats(timer, timer->start_pid, timer->start_site,
 				 timer->function, timer->start_comm, 0);
 }
@@ -456,6 +459,8 @@ extern void __timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer,
 
 static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
+	if (likely(!timer_stats_active))
+		return;
 	__timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(timer, __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index ccf882eed8f8..be62ec2ebea5 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ extern unsigned long get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long now);
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
 
+extern int timer_stats_active;
+
 #define TIMER_STATS_FLAG_DEFERRABLE	0x1
 
 extern void init_timer_stats(void);
@@ -203,6 +205,8 @@ extern void __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(struct timer_list *timer,
 
 static inline void timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(struct timer_list *timer)
 {
+	if (likely(!timer_stats_active))
+		return;
 	__timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(timer, __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_stats.c b/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
index c994530d166d..4cde8b9c716f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(show_mutex);
 /*
  * Collection status, active/inactive:
  */
-static int __read_mostly active;
+int __read_mostly timer_stats_active;
 
 /*
  * Beginning/end timestamps of measurement:
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ void timer_stats_update_stats(void *timer, pid_t pid, void *startf,
 	struct entry *entry, input;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (likely(!active))
+	if (likely(!timer_stats_active))
 		return;
 
 	lock = &per_cpu(lookup_lock, raw_smp_processor_id());
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ void timer_stats_update_stats(void *timer, pid_t pid, void *startf,
 	input.timer_flag = timer_flag;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
-	if (!active)
+	if (!timer_stats_active)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	entry = tstat_lookup(&input, comm);
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int tstats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	/*
 	 * If still active then calculate up to now:
 	 */
-	if (active)
+	if (timer_stats_active)
 		time_stop = ktime_get();
 
 	time = ktime_sub(time_stop, time_start);
@@ -368,18 +368,18 @@ static ssize_t tstats_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	mutex_lock(&show_mutex);
 	switch (ctl[0]) {
 	case '0':
-		if (active) {
-			active = 0;
+		if (timer_stats_active) {
+			timer_stats_active = 0;
 			time_stop = ktime_get();
 			sync_access();
 		}
 		break;
 	case '1':
-		if (!active) {
+		if (!timer_stats_active) {
 			reset_entries();
 			time_start = ktime_get();
 			smp_mb();
-			active = 1;
+			timer_stats_active = 1;
 		}
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 54d3912f8cad..0b36b9e5cc8b 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ static void timer_stats_account_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
 {
 	unsigned int flag = 0;
 
+	if (likely(!timer->start_site))
+		return;
 	if (unlikely(tbase_get_deferrable(timer->base)))
 		flag |= TIMER_STATS_FLAG_DEFERRABLE;