--- kernel/timer.c

+++ kernel/timer.c

@@ -1173,6 +1173,12 @@ unsigned long get_next_timer_interrupt(u

struct tvec_base *base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);

unsigned long expires;

+ /*

+ * Pretend that there is no timer pending if the cpu is offline.

+ * Possible pending timers will be migrated later to an active cpu.

+ */

+ if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))

+ return now + NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA;

spin_lock(&base->lock);

if (time_before_eq(base->next_timer, base->timer_jiffies))

base->next_timer = __next_timer_interrupt(base);