diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index db023e9cbb25..c7a899c5ce64 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ static void tick_sched_handle(struct tick_sched *ts, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		touch_softlockup_watchdog_sched();
 		if (is_idle_task(current))
 			ts->idle_jiffies++;
+		/*
+		 * In case the current tick fired too early past its expected
+		 * expiration, make sure we don't bypass the next clock reprogramming
+		 * to the same deadline.
+		 */
+		ts->next_tick = 0;
 	}
 #endif
 	update_process_times(user_mode(regs));
@@ -660,6 +666,12 @@ static void tick_nohz_restart(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
 		hrtimer_start_expires(&ts->sched_timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
 	else
 		tick_program_event(hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * Reset to make sure next tick stop doesn't get fooled by past
+	 * cached clock deadline.
+	 */
+	ts->next_tick = 0;
 }
 
 static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
@@ -701,8 +713,6 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 	 */
 	delta = next_tick - basemono;
 	if (delta <= (u64)TICK_NSEC) {
-		tick = 0;
-
 		/*
 		 * Tell the timer code that the base is not idle, i.e. undo
 		 * the effect of get_next_timer_interrupt():
@@ -712,23 +722,8 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 		 * We've not stopped the tick yet, and there's a timer in the
 		 * next period, so no point in stopping it either, bail.
 		 */
-		if (!ts->tick_stopped)
-			goto out;
-
-		/*
-		 * If, OTOH, we did stop it, but there's a pending (expired)
-		 * timer reprogram the timer hardware to fire now.
-		 *
-		 * We will not restart the tick proper, just prod the timer
-		 * hardware into firing an interrupt to process the pending
-		 * timers. Just like tick_irq_exit() will not restart the tick
-		 * for 'normal' interrupts.
-		 *
-		 * Only once we exit the idle loop will we re-enable the tick,
-		 * see tick_nohz_idle_exit().
-		 */
-		if (delta == 0) {
-			tick_nohz_restart(ts, now);
+		if (!ts->tick_stopped) {
+			tick = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -771,8 +766,16 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 	tick = expires;
 
 	/* Skip reprogram of event if its not changed */
-	if (ts->tick_stopped && (expires == dev->next_event))
-		goto out;
+	if (ts->tick_stopped && (expires == ts->next_tick)) {
+		/* Sanity check: make sure clockevent is actually programmed */
+		if (tick == KTIME_MAX || ts->next_tick == hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer))
+			goto out;
+
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		printk_once("basemono: %llu ts->next_tick: %llu dev->next_event: %llu timer->active: %d timer->expires: %llu\n",
+			    basemono, ts->next_tick, dev->next_event,
+			    hrtimer_active(&ts->sched_timer), hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer));
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * nohz_stop_sched_tick can be called several times before
@@ -790,6 +793,8 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 		trace_tick_stop(1, TICK_DEP_MASK_NONE);
 	}
 
+	ts->next_tick = tick;
+
 	/*
 	 * If the expiration time == KTIME_MAX, then we simply stop
 	 * the tick timer.
@@ -800,12 +805,17 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, tick);
+
 	if (ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_HIGHRES)
-		hrtimer_start(&ts->sched_timer, tick, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
+		hrtimer_start_expires(&ts->sched_timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
 	else
 		tick_program_event(tick, 1);
 out:
-	/* Update the estimated sleep length */
+	/*
+	 * Update the estimated sleep length until the next timer
+	 * (not only the tick).
+	 */
 	ts->sleep_length = ktime_sub(dev->next_event, now);
 	return tick;
 }
@@ -863,6 +873,11 @@ static bool can_stop_idle_tick(int cpu, struct tick_sched *ts)
 	if (unlikely(!cpu_online(cpu))) {
 		if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu)
 			tick_do_timer_cpu = TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE;
+		/*
+		 * Make sure the CPU doesn't get fooled by obsolete tick
+		 * deadline if it comes back online later.
+		 */
+		ts->next_tick = 0;
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -1173,6 +1188,8 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart tick_sched_timer(struct hrtimer *timer)
 	 */
 	if (regs)
 		tick_sched_handle(ts, regs);
+	else
+		ts->next_tick = 0;
 
 	/* No need to reprogram if we are in idle or full dynticks mode */
 	if (unlikely(ts->tick_stopped))
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.h b/kernel/time/tick-sched.h
index bf38226e5c17..075444e3d48e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.h
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ enum tick_nohz_mode {
  *			timer is modified for nohz sleeps. This is necessary
  *			to resume the tick timer operation in the timeline
  *			when the CPU returns from nohz sleep.
+ * @next_tick:		Next tick to be fired when in dynticks mode.
  * @tick_stopped:	Indicator that the idle tick has been stopped
  * @idle_jiffies:	jiffies at the entry to idle for idle time accounting
  * @idle_calls:		Total number of idle calls
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ struct tick_sched {
 	unsigned long			check_clocks;
 	enum tick_nohz_mode		nohz_mode;
 	ktime_t				last_tick;
+	ktime_t				next_tick;
 	int				inidle;
 	int				tick_stopped;
 	unsigned long			idle_jiffies;