diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 8fd709c9bb5843bbad0e7e3fd1e1b00075413b29..0bc33561a4355b1cb1d90efd6a07fbe177735a1f 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <trace/events/timer.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 /*
  * Called after updating RLIMIT_CPU to run cpu timer and update
@@ -636,6 +638,26 @@ static int cpu_timer_sample_group(const clockid_t which_clock,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+static void nohz_kick_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	tick_nohz_full_kick_all();
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(nohz_kick_work, nohz_kick_work_fn);
+
+/*
+ * We need the IPIs to be sent from sane process context.
+ * The posix cpu timers are always set with irqs disabled.
+ */
+static void posix_cpu_timer_kick_nohz(void)
+{
+	schedule_work(&nohz_kick_work);
+}
+#else
+static inline void posix_cpu_timer_kick_nohz(void) { }
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Guts of sys_timer_settime for CPU timers.
  * This is called with the timer locked and interrupts disabled.
@@ -794,6 +816,8 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timer, int flags,
 		sample_to_timespec(timer->it_clock,
 				   old_incr, &old->it_interval);
 	}
+	if (!ret)
+		posix_cpu_timer_kick_nohz();
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1336,6 +1360,13 @@ void run_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *tsk)
 			cpu_timer_fire(timer);
 		spin_unlock(&timer->it_lock);
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * In case some timers were rescheduled after the queue got emptied,
+	 * wake up full dynticks CPUs.
+	 */
+	if (tsk->signal->cputimer.running)
+		posix_cpu_timer_kick_nohz();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1366,7 +1397,7 @@ void set_process_cpu_timer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clock_idx,
 		}
 
 		if (!*newval)
-			return;
+			goto out;
 		*newval += now.cpu;
 	}
 
@@ -1384,6 +1415,8 @@ void set_process_cpu_timer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clock_idx,
 			tsk->signal->cputime_expires.virt_exp = *newval;
 		break;
 	}
+out:
+	posix_cpu_timer_kick_nohz();
 }
 
 static int do_cpu_nanosleep(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,