diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 7d1136e97c142d198b897dab1846acd99f1f655f..4cd5b4319b0439f30b9cb4461c541d1429da61af 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1299,10 +1299,9 @@ static int futex_wait(u32 __user *uaddr, struct rw_semaphore *fshared,
 			hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
 						HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 			hrtimer_init_sleeper(&t, current);
-			t.timer.expires = *abs_time;
+			hrtimer_set_expires(&t.timer, *abs_time);
 
-			hrtimer_start(&t.timer, t.timer.expires,
-						HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+			hrtimer_start_expires(&t.timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 			if (!hrtimer_active(&t.timer))
 				t.task = NULL;
 
@@ -1404,7 +1403,7 @@ static int futex_lock_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, struct rw_semaphore *fshared,
 		hrtimer_init_on_stack(&to->timer, CLOCK_REALTIME,
 				      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 		hrtimer_init_sleeper(to, current);
-		to->timer.expires = *time;
+		hrtimer_set_expires(&to->timer, *time);
 	}
 
 	q.pi_state = NULL;
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 782137dc755f27658d42103832ee472d0815e9f6..ae307feec74c2435c62f0ab6214aeecd33e6eca6 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static void hrtimer_force_reprogram(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base)
 		if (!base->first)
 			continue;
 		timer = rb_entry(base->first, struct hrtimer, node);
-		expires = ktime_sub(timer->expires, base->offset);
+		expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), base->offset);
 		if (expires.tv64 < cpu_base->expires_next.tv64)
 			cpu_base->expires_next = expires;
 	}
@@ -539,10 +539,10 @@ static int hrtimer_reprogram(struct hrtimer *timer,
 			     struct hrtimer_clock_base *base)
 {
 	ktime_t *expires_next = &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases).expires_next;
-	ktime_t expires = ktime_sub(timer->expires, base->offset);
+	ktime_t expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), base->offset);
 	int res;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(timer->expires.tv64 < 0);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer) < 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * When the callback is running, we do not reprogram the clock event
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ u64 hrtimer_forward(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
 	u64 orun = 1;
 	ktime_t delta;
 
-	delta = ktime_sub(now, timer->expires);
+	delta = ktime_sub(now, hrtimer_get_expires(timer));
 
 	if (delta.tv64 < 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -806,8 +806,8 @@ u64 hrtimer_forward(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
 		s64 incr = ktime_to_ns(interval);
 
 		orun = ktime_divns(delta, incr);
-		timer->expires = ktime_add_ns(timer->expires, incr * orun);
-		if (timer->expires.tv64 > now.tv64)
+		hrtimer_add_expires_ns(timer, incr * orun);
+		if (hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer) > now.tv64)
 			return orun;
 		/*
 		 * This (and the ktime_add() below) is the
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ u64 hrtimer_forward(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
 		 */
 		orun++;
 	}
-	timer->expires = ktime_add_safe(timer->expires, interval);
+	hrtimer_add_expires(timer, interval);
 
 	return orun;
 }
@@ -847,7 +847,8 @@ static void enqueue_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer,
 		 * We dont care about collisions. Nodes with
 		 * the same expiry time stay together.
 		 */
-		if (timer->expires.tv64 < entry->expires.tv64) {
+		if (hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer) <
+				hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(entry)) {
 			link = &(*link)->rb_left;
 		} else {
 			link = &(*link)->rb_right;
@@ -982,7 +983,7 @@ hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 #endif
 	}
 
-	timer->expires = tim;
+	hrtimer_set_expires(timer, tim);
 
 	timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(timer);
 
@@ -1076,7 +1077,7 @@ ktime_t hrtimer_get_remaining(const struct hrtimer *timer)
 	ktime_t rem;
 
 	base = lock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags);
-	rem = ktime_sub(timer->expires, base->get_time());
+	rem = hrtimer_expires_remaining(timer);
 	unlock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags);
 
 	return rem;
@@ -1108,7 +1109,7 @@ ktime_t hrtimer_get_next_event(void)
 				continue;
 
 			timer = rb_entry(base->first, struct hrtimer, node);
-			delta.tv64 = timer->expires.tv64;
+			delta.tv64 = hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer);
 			delta = ktime_sub(delta, base->get_time());
 			if (delta.tv64 < mindelta.tv64)
 				mindelta.tv64 = delta.tv64;
@@ -1308,10 +1309,10 @@ void hrtimer_interrupt(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 
 			timer = rb_entry(node, struct hrtimer, node);
 
-			if (basenow.tv64 < timer->expires.tv64) {
+			if (basenow.tv64 < hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer)) {
 				ktime_t expires;
 
-				expires = ktime_sub(timer->expires,
+				expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer),
 						    base->offset);
 				if (expires.tv64 < expires_next.tv64)
 					expires_next = expires;
@@ -1414,7 +1415,8 @@ void hrtimer_run_queues(void)
 			struct hrtimer *timer;
 
 			timer = rb_entry(node, struct hrtimer, node);
-			if (base->softirq_time.tv64 <= timer->expires.tv64)
+			if (base->softirq_time.tv64 <=
+					hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer))
 				break;
 
 			if (timer->cb_mode == HRTIMER_CB_SOFTIRQ) {
@@ -1462,7 +1464,7 @@ static int __sched do_nanosleep(struct hrtimer_sleeper *t, enum hrtimer_mode mod
 
 	do {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		hrtimer_start(&t->timer, t->timer.expires, mode);
+		hrtimer_start_expires(&t->timer, mode);
 		if (!hrtimer_active(&t->timer))
 			t->task = NULL;
 
@@ -1484,7 +1486,7 @@ static int update_rmtp(struct hrtimer *timer, struct timespec __user *rmtp)
 	struct timespec rmt;
 	ktime_t rem;
 
-	rem = ktime_sub(timer->expires, timer->base->get_time());
+	rem = hrtimer_expires_remaining(timer);
 	if (rem.tv64 <= 0)
 		return 0;
 	rmt = ktime_to_timespec(rem);
@@ -1503,7 +1505,7 @@ long __sched hrtimer_nanosleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart)
 
 	hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer, restart->nanosleep.index,
 				HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
-	t.timer.expires.tv64 = restart->nanosleep.expires;
+	hrtimer_set_expires_tv64(&t.timer, restart->nanosleep.expires);
 
 	if (do_nanosleep(&t, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS))
 		goto out;
@@ -1530,7 +1532,7 @@ long hrtimer_nanosleep(struct timespec *rqtp, struct timespec __user *rmtp,
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer, clockid, mode);
-	t.timer.expires = timespec_to_ktime(*rqtp);
+	hrtimer_set_expires(&t.timer, timespec_to_ktime(*rqtp));
 	if (do_nanosleep(&t, mode))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1550,7 +1552,7 @@ long hrtimer_nanosleep(struct timespec *rqtp, struct timespec __user *rmtp,
 	restart->fn = hrtimer_nanosleep_restart;
 	restart->nanosleep.index = t.timer.base->index;
 	restart->nanosleep.rmtp = rmtp;
-	restart->nanosleep.expires = t.timer.expires.tv64;
+	restart->nanosleep.expires = hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(&t.timer);
 
 	ret = -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK;
 out:
@@ -1724,11 +1726,11 @@ int __sched schedule_hrtimeout(ktime_t *expires,
 	}
 
 	hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, mode);
-	t.timer.expires = *expires;
+	hrtimer_set_expires(&t.timer, *expires);
 
 	hrtimer_init_sleeper(&t, current);
 
-	hrtimer_start(&t.timer, t.timer.expires, mode);
+	hrtimer_start_expires(&t.timer, mode);
 	if (!hrtimer_active(&t.timer))
 		t.task = NULL;
 
diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index e36d5798cbff427fca02fd8c9a8fb6f615dbd3fe..f85efcdcab2d0e68037ee1ad03dc0cf2981c9635 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ common_timer_get(struct k_itimer *timr, struct itimerspec *cur_setting)
 	    (timr->it_sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_THREAD_ID) == SIGEV_NONE))
 		timr->it_overrun += (unsigned int) hrtimer_forward(timer, now, iv);
 
-	remaining = ktime_sub(timer->expires, now);
+	remaining = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), now);
 	/* Return 0 only, when the timer is expired and not pending */
 	if (remaining.tv64 <= 0) {
 		/*
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ common_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags,
 	hrtimer_init(&timr->it.real.timer, timr->it_clock, mode);
 	timr->it.real.timer.function = posix_timer_fn;
 
-	timer->expires = timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_value);
+	hrtimer_set_expires(timer, timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_value));
 
 	/* Convert interval */
 	timr->it.real.interval = timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_interval);
@@ -771,14 +771,12 @@ common_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags,
 	if (((timr->it_sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_THREAD_ID) == SIGEV_NONE)) {
 		/* Setup correct expiry time for relative timers */
 		if (mode == HRTIMER_MODE_REL) {
-			timer->expires =
-				ktime_add_safe(timer->expires,
-					       timer->base->get_time());
+			hrtimer_add_expires(timer, timer->base->get_time());
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	hrtimer_start(timer, timer->expires, mode);
+	hrtimer_start_expires(timer, mode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/rtmutex.c b/kernel/rtmutex.c
index 6522ae5b14a2ad7aca5cde919c3a5f1d305c6fd6..69d9cb921ffa657ef6939be6dcfb053570fb019f 100644
--- a/kernel/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/rtmutex.c
@@ -631,8 +631,7 @@ rt_mutex_slowlock(struct rt_mutex *lock, int state,
 
 	/* Setup the timer, when timeout != NULL */
 	if (unlikely(timeout)) {
-		hrtimer_start(&timeout->timer, timeout->timer.expires,
-			      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+		hrtimer_start_expires(&timeout->timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 		if (!hrtimer_active(&timeout->timer))
 			timeout->task = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 1a5f73c1fcdcd12983c6a2eed9ef66e630dca837..e46b5afa200d6cc63730ddb388c70c856610ea46 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -221,9 +221,8 @@ static void start_rt_bandwidth(struct rt_bandwidth *rt_b)
 
 		now = hrtimer_cb_get_time(&rt_b->rt_period_timer);
 		hrtimer_forward(&rt_b->rt_period_timer, now, rt_b->rt_period);
-		hrtimer_start(&rt_b->rt_period_timer,
-			      rt_b->rt_period_timer.expires,
-			      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+		hrtimer_start_expires(&rt_b->rt_period_timer,
+				HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&rt_b->rt_runtime_lock);
 }
@@ -1058,7 +1057,7 @@ static void hrtick_start(struct rq *rq, u64 delay)
 	struct hrtimer *timer = &rq->hrtick_timer;
 	ktime_t time = ktime_add_ns(timer->base->get_time(), delay);
 
-	timer->expires = time;
+	hrtimer_set_expires(timer, time);
 
 	if (rq == this_rq()) {
 		hrtimer_restart(timer);
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 5125ddd8196ba3cffb2fd683c2fd3abdac0a695b..4c8d85421d24b84429be27e096611ad86a3e686d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart ntp_leap_second(struct hrtimer *timer)
 		time_state = TIME_OOP;
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Clock: "
 		       "inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC\n");
-		leap_timer.expires = ktime_add_ns(leap_timer.expires,
-						  NSEC_PER_SEC);
+		hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&leap_timer, NSEC_PER_SEC);
 		res = HRTIMER_RESTART;
 		break;
 	case TIME_DEL:
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index a87b0468568b026d90683bde0b2e9da0295c7caa..b33be61c0f6bec1ece99784ba42f508f1bcaedc5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			ts->idle_tick = ts->sched_timer.expires;
+			ts->idle_tick = hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer);
 			ts->tick_stopped = 1;
 			ts->idle_jiffies = last_jiffies;
 			rcu_enter_nohz();
@@ -419,21 +419,21 @@ void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void)
 	ts->tick_stopped  = 0;
 	ts->idle_exittime = now;
 	hrtimer_cancel(&ts->sched_timer);
-	ts->sched_timer.expires = ts->idle_tick;
+	hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, ts->idle_tick);
 
 	while (1) {
 		/* Forward the time to expire in the future */
 		hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, tick_period);
 
 		if (ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_HIGHRES) {
-			hrtimer_start(&ts->sched_timer,
-				      ts->sched_timer.expires,
+			hrtimer_start_expires(&ts->sched_timer,
 				      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 			/* Check, if the timer was already in the past */
 			if (hrtimer_active(&ts->sched_timer))
 				break;
 		} else {
-			if (!tick_program_event(ts->sched_timer.expires, 0))
+			if (!tick_program_event(
+				hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), 0))
 				break;
 		}
 		/* Update jiffies and reread time */
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void)
 static int tick_nohz_reprogram(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
 {
 	hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, tick_period);
-	return tick_program_event(ts->sched_timer.expires, 0);
+	return tick_program_event(hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void)
 	next = tick_init_jiffy_update();
 
 	for (;;) {
-		ts->sched_timer.expires = next;
+		hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, next);
 		if (!tick_program_event(next, 0))
 			break;
 		next = ktime_add(next, tick_period);
@@ -625,16 +625,15 @@ void tick_setup_sched_timer(void)
 	ts->sched_timer.cb_mode = HRTIMER_CB_IRQSAFE_NO_SOFTIRQ;
 
 	/* Get the next period (per cpu) */
-	ts->sched_timer.expires = tick_init_jiffy_update();
+	hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, tick_init_jiffy_update());
 	offset = ktime_to_ns(tick_period) >> 1;
 	do_div(offset, num_possible_cpus());
 	offset *= smp_processor_id();
-	ts->sched_timer.expires = ktime_add_ns(ts->sched_timer.expires, offset);
+	hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&ts->sched_timer, offset);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, tick_period);
-		hrtimer_start(&ts->sched_timer, ts->sched_timer.expires,
-			      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+		hrtimer_start_expires(&ts->sched_timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 		/* Check, if the timer was already in the past */
 		if (hrtimer_active(&ts->sched_timer))
 			break;
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_list.c b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
index a40e20fd00010d000a3dfc2406888b2f81146db6..5224a3215fb78f2574a8940c689879485519a073 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ print_timer(struct seq_file *m, struct hrtimer *timer, int idx, u64 now)
 #endif
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
 	SEQ_printf(m, " # expires at %Lu nsecs [in %Ld nsecs]\n",
-		(unsigned long long)ktime_to_ns(timer->expires),
-		(long long)(ktime_to_ns(timer->expires) - now));
+		(unsigned long long)ktime_to_ns(hrtimer_get_expires(timer)),
+		(long long)(ktime_to_ns(hrtimer_get_expires(timer)) - now));
 }
 
 static void