diff --git a/include/linux/clockchips.h b/include/linux/clockchips.h
index cea153697ec788a3c3d61c2402a3f1188b5b06c7..3a1dbba4d3ae2da500e710387d130cd8ad5dd4c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/clockchips.h
+++ b/include/linux/clockchips.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ enum clock_event_nofitiers {
 	CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_EXIT,
 	CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_SUSPEND,
 	CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_RESUME,
+	CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_CPU_DYING,
 	CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_CPU_DEAD,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 8fea312ca36c7c5d78763ede4d3c521e7394bf9d..647a40e2fea1b7b4deb9cdd1f3061bde7455034d 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1608,6 +1608,10 @@ static int __cpuinit hrtimer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 		break;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	case CPU_DYING:
+	case CPU_DYING_FROZEN:
+		clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_CPU_DYING, &scpu);
+		break;
 	case CPU_DEAD:
 	case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
 	{
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index 63e05d423a09903907558d7d2aba661f5b426db6..21a5ca849514b40b689c5b34e2c9caaf9cbf051b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -273,6 +273,21 @@ static int tick_check_new_device(struct clock_event_device *newdev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Transfer the do_timer job away from a dying cpu.
+ *
+ * Called with interrupts disabled.
+ */
+static void tick_handover_do_timer(int *cpup)
+{
+	if (*cpup == tick_do_timer_cpu) {
+		int cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
+
+		tick_do_timer_cpu = (cpu < nr_cpu_ids) ? cpu :
+			TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Shutdown an event device on a given cpu:
  *
@@ -297,13 +312,6 @@ static void tick_shutdown(unsigned int *cpup)
 		clockevents_exchange_device(dev, NULL);
 		td->evtdev = NULL;
 	}
-	/* Transfer the do_timer job away from this cpu */
-	if (*cpup == tick_do_timer_cpu) {
-		int cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
-
-		tick_do_timer_cpu = (cpu < nr_cpu_ids) ? cpu :
-			TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE;
-	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tick_device_lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -357,6 +365,10 @@ static int tick_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long reason,
 		tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(reason);
 		break;
 
+	case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_CPU_DYING:
+		tick_handover_do_timer(dev);
+		break;
+
 	case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_CPU_DEAD:
 		tick_shutdown_broadcast_oneshot(dev);
 		tick_shutdown_broadcast(dev);