diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index e86827e94c9a..b9b9420a1297 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -721,17 +721,20 @@ static int hrtimer_switch_to_hres(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static void clock_was_set_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	clock_was_set();
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(hrtimer_work, clock_was_set_work);
+
 /*
- * Called from timekeeping code to reprogramm the hrtimer interrupt
- * device. If called from the timer interrupt context we defer it to
- * softirq context.
+ * Called from timekeeping and resume code to reprogramm the hrtimer
+ * interrupt device on all cpus.
  */
 void clock_was_set_delayed(void)
 {
-	struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base = &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases);
-
-	cpu_base->clock_was_set = 1;
-	__raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+	schedule_work(&hrtimer_work);
 }
 
 #else
@@ -775,12 +778,7 @@ void clock_was_set(void)
  * During resume we might have to reprogram the high resolution timer
  * interrupt on all online CPUs.  However, all other CPUs will be
  * stopped with IRQs interrupts disabled so the clock_was_set() call
- * must be deferred to the softirq.
- *
- * The one-shot timer has already been programmed to fire immediately
- * (see tick_resume_oneshot()) and this interrupt will trigger the
- * softirq to run early enough to correctly reprogram the timers on
- * all CPUs.
+ * must be deferred.
  */
 void hrtimers_resume(void)
 {
@@ -789,8 +787,10 @@ void hrtimers_resume(void)
 	WARN_ONCE(!irqs_disabled(),
 		  KERN_INFO "hrtimers_resume() called with IRQs enabled!");
 
-	cpu_base->clock_was_set = 1;
-	__raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+	/* Retrigger on the local CPU */
+	retrigger_next_event(NULL);
+	/* And schedule a retrigger for all others */
+	clock_was_set_delayed();
 }
 
 static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer)
@@ -1441,13 +1441,6 @@ void hrtimer_peek_ahead_timers(void)
 
 static void run_hrtimer_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
-	struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base = &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases);
-
-	if (cpu_base->clock_was_set) {
-		cpu_base->clock_was_set = 0;
-		clock_was_set();
-	}
-
 	hrtimer_peek_ahead_timers();
 }