diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 3892e9c8b2deb7993c11c1ac171375c7ba6e9e09..542b4fa2cda9b0051d9a6fe11a7d642e2d2bbc59 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -430,12 +430,18 @@ extern u64 hrtimer_next_event_without(const struct hrtimer *exclude);
 
 extern bool hrtimer_active(const struct hrtimer *timer);
 
-/*
- * Helper function to check, whether the timer is on one of the queues
+/**
+ * hrtimer_is_queued = check, whether the timer is on one of the queues
+ * @timer:	Timer to check
+ *
+ * Returns: True if the timer is queued, false otherwise
+ *
+ * The function can be used lockless, but it gives only a current snapshot.
  */
-static inline int hrtimer_is_queued(struct hrtimer *timer)
+static inline bool hrtimer_is_queued(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
-	return timer->state & HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED;
+	/* The READ_ONCE pairs with the update functions of timer->state */
+	return !!(READ_ONCE(timer->state) & HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index e1a549c9e39918303d359c036d532f5ec22ed682..7362554416fd7f30a2f32564d009eb632b5b6711 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -955,7 +955,8 @@ static int enqueue_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer,
 
 	base->cpu_base->active_bases |= 1 << base->index;
 
-	timer->state = HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED;
+	/* Pairs with the lockless read in hrtimer_is_queued() */
+	WRITE_ONCE(timer->state, HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED);
 
 	return timerqueue_add(&base->active, &timer->node);
 }
@@ -977,7 +978,8 @@ static void __remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer,
 	struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base = base->cpu_base;
 	u8 state = timer->state;
 
-	timer->state = newstate;
+	/* Pairs with the lockless read in hrtimer_is_queued() */
+	WRITE_ONCE(timer->state, newstate);
 	if (!(state & HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED))
 		return;
 
@@ -1002,8 +1004,9 @@ static void __remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer,
 static inline int
 remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base, bool restart)
 {
-	if (hrtimer_is_queued(timer)) {
-		u8 state = timer->state;
+	u8 state = timer->state;
+
+	if (state & HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED) {
 		int reprogram;
 
 		/*