diff --git a/include/linux/posix-timers.h b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
index 00fef0064355..5bbcd280bfd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix-timers.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
@@ -184,8 +184,10 @@ static inline void posix_cputimers_group_init(struct posix_cputimers *pct,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
+void clear_posix_cputimers_work(struct task_struct *p);
 void posix_cputimers_init_work(void);
 #else
+static inline void clear_posix_cputimers_work(struct task_struct *p) { }
 static inline void posix_cputimers_init_work(void) { }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 5de23f3e08bf..3244cc56b697 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2277,6 +2277,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	p->pdeath_signal = 0;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->thread_group);
 	p->task_works = NULL;
+	clear_posix_cputimers_work(p);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBES
 	p->kretprobe_instances.first = NULL;
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 643d412ac623..96b4e7810426 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1158,14 +1158,29 @@ static void posix_cpu_timers_work(struct callback_head *work)
 	handle_posix_cpu_timers(current);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Clear existing posix CPU timers task work.
+ */
+void clear_posix_cputimers_work(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	/*
+	 * A copied work entry from the old task is not meaningful, clear it.
+	 * N.B. init_task_work will not do this.
+	 */
+	memset(&p->posix_cputimers_work.work, 0,
+	       sizeof(p->posix_cputimers_work.work));
+	init_task_work(&p->posix_cputimers_work.work,
+		       posix_cpu_timers_work);
+	p->posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = false;
+}
+
 /*
  * Initialize posix CPU timers task work in init task. Out of line to
  * keep the callback static and to avoid header recursion hell.
  */
 void __init posix_cputimers_init_work(void)
 {
-	init_task_work(&current->posix_cputimers_work.work,
-		       posix_cpu_timers_work);
+	clear_posix_cputimers_work(current);
 }
 
 /*