diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 1455b7651b6b..cb83c6d4c07c 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -614,7 +614,9 @@ void clock_was_set(void)
  */
 void hres_timers_resume(void)
 {
-	/* Retrigger the CPU local events: */
+	WARN_ONCE(!irqs_disabled(),
+		  KERN_INFO "hres_timers_resume() called with IRQs enabled!");
+
 	retrigger_next_event(NULL);
 }