diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index 7340613c7eff7ad791634c76ae2ecd547f711c45..e20bb7ce3bbebdb1fceb9b502cf2792a9faa8e38 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ extern void tick_nohz_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				   enum tick_dep_bits bit);
 extern void tick_nohz_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				     enum tick_dep_bits bit);
-extern void tick_nohz_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
+extern void tick_nohz_dep_set_signal(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				     enum tick_dep_bits bit);
 extern void tick_nohz_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit);
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@ static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		tick_nohz_dep_clear_task(tsk, bit);
 }
-static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
+static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
-		tick_nohz_dep_set_signal(signal, bit);
+		tick_nohz_dep_set_signal(tsk, bit);
 }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 					 enum tick_dep_bits bit)
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static inline void tick_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				     enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
-static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
+static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 					 enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 5d76edd0ad9c26d477e6a2035d668c882d177f61..d6b46346be1f995c15f71489c223afae7d30e66f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static void arm_timer(struct k_itimer *timer, struct task_struct *p)
 	if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(timer->it_clock))
 		tick_dep_set_task(p, TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER);
 	else
-		tick_dep_set_signal(p->signal, TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER);
+		tick_dep_set_signal(p, TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ void set_process_cpu_timer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clkid,
 	if (*newval < *nextevt)
 		*nextevt = *newval;
 
-	tick_dep_set_signal(tsk->signal, TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER);
+	tick_dep_set_signal(tsk, TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER);
 }
 
 static int do_cpu_nanosleep(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index a88741991e031bd83e2b51811244e9d2c0f4cd5b..054052a58567fe45f0682103a23125fc3e2b9f5d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -424,9 +424,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_dep_clear_task);
  * Set a per-taskgroup tick dependency. Posix CPU timers need this in order to elapse
  * per process timers.
  */
-void tick_nohz_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *sig, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
+void tick_nohz_dep_set_signal(struct task_struct *tsk,
+			      enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
-	tick_nohz_dep_set_all(&sig->tick_dep_mask, bit);
+	int prev;
+	struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal;
+
+	prev = atomic_fetch_or(BIT(bit), &sig->tick_dep_mask);
+	if (!prev) {
+		struct task_struct *t;
+
+		lockdep_assert_held(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+		__for_each_thread(sig, t)
+			tick_nohz_kick_task(t);
+	}
 }
 
 void tick_nohz_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *sig, enum tick_dep_bits bit)