diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 01ff32a02af2..955851748dc3 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void)
 	 * Recycle the hrtimer in ts, so we can share the
 	 * hrtimer_forward with the highres code.
 	 */
-	hrtimer_init(&ts->sched_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+	hrtimer_init(&ts->sched_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_HARD);
 	/* Get the next period */
 	next = tick_init_jiffy_update();