diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index b68a21a82e1..201bee07b8e 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -597,98 +597,109 @@ static inline void __run_timers(tvec_base_t *base)
  * is used on S/390 to stop all activity when a cpus is idle.
  * This functions needs to be called disabled.
  */
-unsigned long next_timer_interrupt(void)
+static unsigned long __next_timer_interrupt(tvec_base_t *base)
 {
-	tvec_base_t *base;
-	struct list_head *list;
+	unsigned long timer_jiffies = base->timer_jiffies;
+	unsigned long expires = timer_jiffies + (LONG_MAX >> 1);
+	int index, slot, array, found = 0;
 	struct timer_list *nte;
-	unsigned long expires;
-	unsigned long hr_expires = MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
-	ktime_t hr_delta;
 	tvec_t *varray[4];
-	int i, j;
-
-	hr_delta = hrtimer_get_next_event();
-	if (hr_delta.tv64 != KTIME_MAX) {
-		struct timespec tsdelta;
-		tsdelta = ktime_to_timespec(hr_delta);
-		hr_expires = timespec_to_jiffies(&tsdelta);
-		if (hr_expires < 3)
-			return hr_expires + jiffies;
-	}
-	hr_expires += jiffies;
-
-	base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
-	spin_lock(&base->lock);
-	expires = base->timer_jiffies + (LONG_MAX >> 1);
-	list = NULL;
 
 	/* Look for timer events in tv1. */
-	j = base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK;
+	index = slot = timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK;
 	do {
-		list_for_each_entry(nte, base->tv1.vec + j, entry) {
+		list_for_each_entry(nte, base->tv1.vec + slot, entry) {
+			found = 1;
 			expires = nte->expires;
-			if (j < (base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK))
-				list = base->tv2.vec + (INDEX(0));
-			goto found;
+			/* Look at the cascade bucket(s)? */
+			if (!index || slot < index)
+				goto cascade;
+			return expires;
 		}
-		j = (j + 1) & TVR_MASK;
-	} while (j != (base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK));
+		slot = (slot + 1) & TVR_MASK;
+	} while (slot != index);
+
+cascade:
+	/* Calculate the next cascade event */
+	if (index)
+		timer_jiffies += TVR_SIZE - index;
+	timer_jiffies >>= TVR_BITS;
 
 	/* Check tv2-tv5. */
 	varray[0] = &base->tv2;
 	varray[1] = &base->tv3;
 	varray[2] = &base->tv4;
 	varray[3] = &base->tv5;
-	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-		j = INDEX(i);
+
+	for (array = 0; array < 4; array++) {
+		tvec_t *varp = varray[array];
+
+		index = slot = timer_jiffies & TVN_MASK;
 		do {
-			if (list_empty(varray[i]->vec + j)) {
-				j = (j + 1) & TVN_MASK;
-				continue;
-			}
-			list_for_each_entry(nte, varray[i]->vec + j, entry)
+			list_for_each_entry(nte, varp->vec + slot, entry) {
+				found = 1;
 				if (time_before(nte->expires, expires))
 					expires = nte->expires;
-			if (j < (INDEX(i)) && i < 3)
-				list = varray[i + 1]->vec + (INDEX(i + 1));
-			goto found;
-		} while (j != (INDEX(i)));
-	}
-found:
-	if (list) {
-		/*
-		 * The search wrapped. We need to look at the next list
-		 * from next tv element that would cascade into tv element
-		 * where we found the timer element.
-		 */
-		list_for_each_entry(nte, list, entry) {
-			if (time_before(nte->expires, expires))
-				expires = nte->expires;
-		}
+			}
+			/*
+			 * Do we still search for the first timer or are
+			 * we looking up the cascade buckets ?
+			 */
+			if (found) {
+				/* Look at the cascade bucket(s)? */
+				if (!index || slot < index)
+					break;
+				return expires;
+			}
+			slot = (slot + 1) & TVN_MASK;
+		} while (slot != index);
+
+		if (index)
+			timer_jiffies += TVN_SIZE - index;
+		timer_jiffies >>= TVN_BITS;
 	}
+	return expires;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check, if the next hrtimer event is before the next timer wheel
+ * event:
+ */
+static unsigned long cmp_next_hrtimer_event(unsigned long now,
+					    unsigned long expires)
+{
+	ktime_t hr_delta = hrtimer_get_next_event();
+	struct timespec tsdelta;
+
+	if (hr_delta.tv64 == KTIME_MAX)
+		return expires;
+
+	if (hr_delta.tv64 <= TICK_NSEC)
+		return now;
+
+	tsdelta = ktime_to_timespec(hr_delta);
+	now += timespec_to_jiffies(&tsdelta);
+	if (time_before(now, expires))
+		return now;
+	return expires;
+}
+
+/**
+ * next_timer_interrupt - return the jiffy of the next pending timer
+ */
+unsigned long next_timer_interrupt(void)
+{
+	tvec_base_t *base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
+	unsigned long expires, now = jiffies;
+
+	spin_lock(&base->lock);
+	expires = __next_timer_interrupt(base);
 	spin_unlock(&base->lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * It can happen that other CPUs service timer IRQs and increment
-	 * jiffies, but we have not yet got a local timer tick to process
-	 * the timer wheels.  In that case, the expiry time can be before
-	 * jiffies, but since the high-resolution timer here is relative to
-	 * jiffies, the default expression when high-resolution timers are
-	 * not active,
-	 *
-	 *   time_before(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET + jiffies, expires)
-	 *
-	 * would falsely evaluate to true.  If that is the case, just
-	 * return jiffies so that we can immediately fire the local timer
-	 */
-	if (time_before(expires, jiffies))
-		return jiffies;
+	if (time_before_eq(expires, now))
+		return now;
 
-	if (time_before(hr_expires, expires))
-		return hr_expires;
-
-	return expires;
+	return cmp_next_hrtimer_event(now, expires);
 }
 #endif