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diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 251fdacfebdb..9cf70c562fac 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -341,6 +341,20 @@ void set_timer_slack(struct timer_list *timer, int slack_hz)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_timer_slack);
+/*
+ * If the list is empty, catch up ->timer_jiffies to the current time.
+ * The caller must hold the tvec_base lock. Returns true if the list
+ * was empty and therefore ->timer_jiffies was updated.
+ */
+static bool catchup_timer_jiffies(struct tvec_base *base)
+{
+ if (!base->all_timers) {
+ base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
static void
__internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
{
@@ -1203,6 +1217,10 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct tvec_base *base)
struct timer_list *timer;
spin_lock_irq(&base->lock);
+ if (catchup_timer_jiffies(base)) {
+ spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock);
+ return;
+ }
while (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->timer_jiffies)) {
struct list_head work_list;
struct list_head *head = &work_list;