diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 2cff5fe0cbe6bce8db9a7caa69e05fd30617f07c..1201f62d0d73f23e2e75e9b9622499ca259359c7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 #define __POWERPC_KVM_HOST_H__
 
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/timer.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_types.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_asm.h>
@@ -250,7 +251,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 
 	u32 cpr0_cfgaddr; /* holds the last set cpr0_cfgaddr */
 
-	struct timer_list dec_timer;
+	struct hrtimer dec_timer;
+	struct tasklet_struct tasklet;
 	u64 dec_jiffies;
 	unsigned long pending_exceptions;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c
index 1ec5e07b81eb939f05334e66b42442ca1d20d75b..4a9ac6640fadb93182d9ade73310f1af1e0c4b93 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
-#include <linux/timer.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ static int kvmppc_dec_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 void kvmppc_emulate_dec(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	unsigned long nr_jiffies;
+	unsigned long dec_nsec;
 
+	pr_debug("mtDEC: %x\n", vcpu->arch.dec);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	/* POWER4+ triggers a dec interrupt if the value is < 0 */
 	if (vcpu->arch.dec & 0x80000000) {
-		del_timer(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer);
+		hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer);
 		kvmppc_core_queue_dec(vcpu);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -94,12 +95,15 @@ void kvmppc_emulate_dec(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		 * that's how we convert the guest DEC value to the number of
 		 * host ticks. */
 
+		hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer);
+		dec_nsec = vcpu->arch.dec;
+		dec_nsec *= 1000;
+		dec_nsec /= tb_ticks_per_usec;
+		hrtimer_start(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer, ktime_set(0, dec_nsec),
+			      HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 		vcpu->arch.dec_jiffies = get_tb();
-		nr_jiffies = vcpu->arch.dec / tb_ticks_per_jiffy;
-		mod_timer(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer,
-		          get_jiffies_64() + nr_jiffies);
 	} else {
-		del_timer(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer);
+		hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index a06ecc3401fdb7053a27767c82b94edb3688f0ce..692c3709011ee409d7f2a42607d28f2bff46b92f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -208,10 +209,25 @@ static void kvmppc_decrementer_func(unsigned long data)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * low level hrtimer wake routine. Because this runs in hardirq context
+ * we schedule a tasklet to do the real work.
+ */
+enum hrtimer_restart kvmppc_decrementer_wakeup(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+
+	vcpu = container_of(timer, struct kvm_vcpu, arch.dec_timer);
+	tasklet_schedule(&vcpu->arch.tasklet);
+
+	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	setup_timer(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer, kvmppc_decrementer_func,
-	            (unsigned long)vcpu);
+	hrtimer_init(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer, CLOCK_REALTIME, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+	tasklet_init(&vcpu->arch.tasklet, kvmppc_decrementer_func, (ulong)vcpu);
+	vcpu->arch.dec_timer.function = kvmppc_decrementer_wakeup;
 
 	return 0;
 }