diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index f57f88250526809c8e657cfcf24ca035e7a0b0bc..279c5478e8a6aaf7c4a6944166dcc22eb708d5ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ extern u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
  *			subtraction of non 64 bit counters
  * @mult:		cycle to nanosecond multiplier
  * @shift:		cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two)
+ * @max_idle_ns:	max idle time permitted by the clocksource (nsecs)
  * @flags:		flags describing special properties
  * @vread:		vsyscall based read
  * @resume:		resume function for the clocksource, if necessary
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ struct clocksource {
 	cycle_t mask;
 	u32 mult;
 	u32 shift;
+	u64 max_idle_ns;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	cycle_t (*vread)(void);
 	void (*resume)(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index fe04e5ef6a592ebddf885b2f313323ec5226e452..6e026e45a179e2c66b347eb3834501a13be7ee2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ extern void monotonic_to_bootbased(struct timespec *ts);
 
 extern struct timespec timespec_trunc(struct timespec t, unsigned gran);
 extern int timekeeping_valid_for_hres(void);
+extern u64 timekeeping_max_deferment(void);
 extern void update_wall_time(void);
 extern void update_xtime_cache(u64 nsec);
 extern void timekeeping_leap_insert(int leapsecond);
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 407c0894ef370d90268d1dd73e46f195919b8555..b65b242f04ddbdfce305ee8e17852baa5642946a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -468,6 +468,47 @@ void clocksource_touch_watchdog(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
 
+/**
+ * clocksource_max_deferment - Returns max time the clocksource can be deferred
+ * @cs:         Pointer to clocksource
+ *
+ */
+static u64 clocksource_max_deferment(struct clocksource *cs)
+{
+	u64 max_nsecs, max_cycles;
+
+	/*
+	 * Calculate the maximum number of cycles that we can pass to the
+	 * cyc2ns function without overflowing a 64-bit signed result. The
+	 * maximum number of cycles is equal to ULLONG_MAX/cs->mult which
+	 * is equivalent to the below.
+	 * max_cycles < (2^63)/cs->mult
+	 * max_cycles < 2^(log2((2^63)/cs->mult))
+	 * max_cycles < 2^(log2(2^63) - log2(cs->mult))
+	 * max_cycles < 2^(63 - log2(cs->mult))
+	 * max_cycles < 1 << (63 - log2(cs->mult))
+	 * Please note that we add 1 to the result of the log2 to account for
+	 * any rounding errors, ensure the above inequality is satisfied and
+	 * no overflow will occur.
+	 */
+	max_cycles = 1ULL << (63 - (ilog2(cs->mult) + 1));
+
+	/*
+	 * The actual maximum number of cycles we can defer the clocksource is
+	 * determined by the minimum of max_cycles and cs->mask.
+	 */
+	max_cycles = min_t(u64, max_cycles, (u64) cs->mask);
+	max_nsecs = clocksource_cyc2ns(max_cycles, cs->mult, cs->shift);
+
+	/*
+	 * To ensure that the clocksource does not wrap whilst we are idle,
+	 * limit the time the clocksource can be deferred by 12.5%. Please
+	 * note a margin of 12.5% is used because this can be computed with
+	 * a shift, versus say 10% which would require division.
+	 */
+	return max_nsecs - (max_nsecs >> 5);
+}
+
 /**
  * clocksource_select - Select the best clocksource available
  *
@@ -564,6 +605,9 @@ static void clocksource_enqueue(struct clocksource *cs)
  */
 int clocksource_register(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
+	/* calculate max idle time permitted for this clocksource */
+	cs->max_idle_ns = clocksource_max_deferment(cs);
+
 	mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
 	clocksource_enqueue(cs);
 	clocksource_select();
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index c65ba0faa98f2169206e6a1dcbfa6ca874ee2bcf..a80b4644fe6b842d5286135f298006ace82ac363 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 	struct tick_sched *ts;
 	ktime_t last_update, expires, now;
 	struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
+	u64 time_delta;
 	int cpu;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
@@ -262,6 +263,17 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 		seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
 		last_update = last_jiffies_update;
 		last_jiffies = jiffies;
+
+		/*
+		 * On SMP we really should only care for the CPU which
+		 * has the do_timer duty assigned. All other CPUs can
+		 * sleep as long as they want.
+		 */
+		if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu ||
+		    tick_do_timer_cpu == TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE)
+			time_delta = timekeeping_max_deferment();
+		else
+			time_delta = KTIME_MAX;
 	} while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
 
 	if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) ||
@@ -284,11 +296,26 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 	if ((long)delta_jiffies >= 1) {
 
 		/*
-		* calculate the expiry time for the next timer wheel
-		* timer
-		*/
-		expires = ktime_add_ns(last_update, tick_period.tv64 *
-				   delta_jiffies);
+		 * calculate the expiry time for the next timer wheel
+		 * timer. delta_jiffies >= NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA signals
+		 * that there is no timer pending or at least extremely
+		 * far into the future (12 days for HZ=1000). In this
+		 * case we set the expiry to the end of time.
+		 */
+		if (likely(delta_jiffies < NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA)) {
+			/*
+			 * Calculate the time delta for the next timer event.
+			 * If the time delta exceeds the maximum time delta
+			 * permitted by the current clocksource then adjust
+			 * the time delta accordingly to ensure the
+			 * clocksource does not wrap.
+			 */
+			time_delta = min_t(u64, time_delta,
+					   tick_period.tv64 * delta_jiffies);
+			expires = ktime_add_ns(last_update, time_delta);
+		} else {
+			expires.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * If this cpu is the one which updates jiffies, then
@@ -332,22 +359,19 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 
 		ts->idle_sleeps++;
 
+		/* Mark expires */
+		ts->idle_expires = expires;
+
 		/*
-		 * delta_jiffies >= NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA signals that
-		 * there is no timer pending or at least extremly far
-		 * into the future (12 days for HZ=1000). In this case
-		 * we simply stop the tick timer:
+		 * If the expiration time == KTIME_MAX, then
+		 * in this case we simply stop the tick timer.
 		 */
-		if (unlikely(delta_jiffies >= NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA)) {
-			ts->idle_expires.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
+		 if (unlikely(expires.tv64 == KTIME_MAX)) {
 			if (ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_HIGHRES)
 				hrtimer_cancel(&ts->sched_timer);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		/* Mark expiries */
-		ts->idle_expires = expires;
-
 		if (ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_HIGHRES) {
 			hrtimer_start(&ts->sched_timer, expires,
 				      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 96b3f0dfa5dcdfb2d746d2a0c66c92620b605c46..5d4d4239a0aa5871b0bd9f08b5774c9197c9d625 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -477,6 +477,17 @@ int timekeeping_valid_for_hres(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * timekeeping_max_deferment - Returns max time the clocksource can be deferred
+ *
+ * Caller must observe xtime_lock via read_seqbegin/read_seqretry to
+ * ensure that the clocksource does not change!
+ */
+u64 timekeeping_max_deferment(void)
+{
+	return timekeeper.clock->max_idle_ns;
+}
+
 /**
  * read_persistent_clock -  Return time from the persistent clock.
  *