diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
index 1927151..b336755 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 o	A hardware or software issue shuts off the scheduler-clock
 	interrupt on a CPU that is not in dyntick-idle mode.  This
 	problem really has happened, and seems to be most likely to
-	result in RCU CPU stall warnings for CONFIG_NO_HZ=n kernels.
+	result in RCU CPU stall warnings for CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON=n kernels.
 
 o	A bug in the RCU implementation.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
index c7a2eb8..e3e5d9a 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@
 The sampling rate is limited by the HW transition latency:
 transition_latency * 100
 Or by kernel restrictions:
-If CONFIG_NO_HZ is set, the limit is 10ms fixed.
-If CONFIG_NO_HZ is not set or nohz=off boot parameter is used, the
+If CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON is set, the limit is 10ms fixed.
+If CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON is not set or nohz=off boot parameter is used, the
 limits depend on the CONFIG_HZ option:
 HZ=1000: min=20000us  (20ms)
 HZ=250:  min=80000us  (80ms)
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h b/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h
index 2df313b..c923068 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
 DEFINE(UML_CONFIG_PRINTK, CONFIG_PRINTK);
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
-DEFINE(UML_CONFIG_NO_HZ, CONFIG_NO_HZ);
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
+DEFINE(UML_CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON, CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UML_X86
 DEFINE(UML_CONFIG_UML_X86, CONFIG_UML_X86);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
index fac388c..e9824d5 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 	return timeval_to_ns(&tv);
 }
 
-#ifdef UML_CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef UML_CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 static int after_sleep_interval(struct timespec *ts)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 10626e2..1ff9e0a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 
 extern int runqueue_is_locked(int cpu);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON)
 extern void nohz_balance_enter_idle(int cpu);
 extern void set_cpu_sd_state_idle(void);
 extern int get_nohz_timer_target(void);
@@ -1758,13 +1758,13 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 void calc_load_enter_idle(void);
 void calc_load_exit_idle(void);
 #else
 static inline void calc_load_enter_idle(void) { }
 static inline void calc_load_exit_idle(void) { }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
 static inline int set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, cpumask_t new_mask)
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@
 static inline void idle_task_exit(void) {}
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 extern void wake_up_nohz_cpu(int cpu);
 #else
 static inline void wake_up_nohz_cpu(int cpu) { }
diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index 44bfa8a..5e40333 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 extern void tick_setup_sched_timer(void);
 # endif
 
-# if defined CONFIG_NO_HZ || defined CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
+# if defined CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON || defined CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
 extern void tick_cancel_sched_timer(int cpu);
 # else
 static inline void tick_cancel_sched_timer(int cpu) { }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 static inline int tick_oneshot_mode_active(void) { return 0; }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS */
 
-# ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+# ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct tick_sched, tick_cpu_sched);
 
 static inline int tick_nohz_tick_stopped(void)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
 extern u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
 
-# else /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+# else /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 static inline int tick_nohz_tick_stopped(void)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 }
 static inline u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *unused) { return -1; }
 static inline u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *unused) { return -1; }
-# endif /* !NO_HZ */
+# endif /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_EXTENDED
 extern int tick_nohz_extended_cpu(int cpu);
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 8a1dac2..edc8132 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
 
 config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
 	bool "Accelerate last non-dyntick-idle CPU's grace periods"
-	depends on NO_HZ && SMP
+	depends on NO_HZ_COMMON && SMP
 	default n
 	help
 	  This option causes RCU to attempt to accelerate grace periods in
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index cc47812..ec60482 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
  */
 static int hrtimer_get_target(int this_cpu, int pinned)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 	if (!pinned && get_sysctl_timer_migration() && idle_cpu(this_cpu))
 		return get_nohz_timer_target();
 #endif
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_get_remaining);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 /**
  * hrtimer_get_next_event - get the time until next expiry event
  *
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index e91ee58..9bb397d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 /*
  * In the semi idle case, use the nearest busy cpu for migrating timers
  * from an idle cpu.  This is good for power-savings.
@@ -641,14 +641,14 @@
 	return idle_cpu(cpu) && test_bit(NOHZ_BALANCE_KICK, nohz_flags(cpu));
 }
 
-#else /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+#else /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 static inline bool got_nohz_idle_kick(void)
 {
 	return false;
 }
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 void sched_avg_update(struct rq *rq)
 {
@@ -2139,7 +2139,7 @@
 	return load >> FSHIFT;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 /*
  * Handle NO_HZ for the global load-average.
  *
@@ -2365,12 +2365,12 @@
 	smp_wmb();
 	calc_load_idx++;
 }
-#else /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+#else /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 static inline long calc_load_fold_idle(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void calc_global_nohz(void) { }
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 /*
  * calc_load - update the avenrun load estimates 10 ticks after the
@@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@
 	sched_avg_update(this_rq);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 /*
  * There is no sane way to deal with nohz on smp when using jiffies because the
  * cpu doing the jiffies update might drift wrt the cpu doing the jiffy reading
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@
 	}
 	raw_spin_unlock(&this_rq->lock);
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 /*
  * Called from scheduler_tick()
@@ -7023,7 +7023,7 @@
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->cfs_tasks);
 
 		rq_attach_root(rq, &def_root_domain);
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 		rq->nohz_flags = 0;
 #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 539760e..5c97fca 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5331,7 +5331,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 /*
  * idle load balancing details
  * - When one of the busy CPUs notice that there may be an idle rebalancing
@@ -5541,9 +5541,9 @@
 		rq->next_balance = next_balance;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 /*
- * In CONFIG_NO_HZ case, the idle balance kickee will do the
+ * In CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON case, the idle balance kickee will do the
  * rebalancing for all the cpus for whom scheduler ticks are stopped.
  */
 static void nohz_idle_balance(int this_cpu, enum cpu_idle_type idle)
@@ -5686,7 +5686,7 @@
 	if (time_after_eq(jiffies, rq->next_balance) &&
 	    likely(!on_null_domain(cpu)))
 		raise_softirq(SCHED_SOFTIRQ);
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 	if (nohz_kick_needed(rq, cpu) && likely(!on_null_domain(cpu)))
 		nohz_balancer_kick(cpu);
 #endif
@@ -6156,7 +6156,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	open_softirq(SCHED_SOFTIRQ, run_rebalance_domains);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 	nohz.next_balance = jiffies;
 	zalloc_cpumask_var(&nohz.idle_cpus_mask, GFP_NOWAIT);
 	cpu_notifier(sched_ilb_notifier, 0);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 3bd15a4..889904d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 	#define CPU_LOAD_IDX_MAX 5
 	unsigned long cpu_load[CPU_LOAD_IDX_MAX];
 	unsigned long last_load_update_tick;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 	u64 nohz_stamp;
 	unsigned long nohz_flags;
 #endif
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@
 
 extern void account_cfs_bandwidth_used(int enabled, int was_enabled);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 enum rq_nohz_flag_bits {
 	NOHZ_TICK_STOPPED,
 	NOHZ_BALANCE_KICK,
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index b4d252f..de15813 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
 	if (!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending())
 		invoke_softirq();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 	/* Make sure that timer wheel updates are propagated */
 	if (idle_cpu(smp_processor_id()) && !in_interrupt() && !need_resched())
 		tick_nohz_irq_exit();
diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index 726c33e..c88fc43 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -64,16 +64,21 @@
 if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 menu "Timers subsystem"
 
-# Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
+# Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ_COMMON / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
 # only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices
 # are supported independ of this.
 config TICK_ONESHOT
 	bool
 
+config NO_HZ_COMMON
+	bool
+	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select TICK_ONESHOT
+
 config NO_HZ
 	bool "Tickless System (Dynamic Ticks)"
 	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
-	select TICK_ONESHOT
+	select NO_HZ_COMMON
 	help
 	  This option enables a tickless system: timer interrupts will
 	  only trigger on an as-needed basis both when the system is
@@ -81,14 +86,14 @@
 
 config NO_HZ_EXTENDED
 	bool "Full dynticks system"
-	# NO_HZ dependency
+	# NO_HZ_COMMON dependency
 	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	# RCU_USER_QS
 	depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING && SMP
 	# RCU_NOCB_CPU dependency
 	depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
 	depends on VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
-	select NO_HZ
+	select NO_HZ_COMMON
 	select RCU_USER_QS
 	select RCU_NOCB_CPU
 	select CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 57bb3fe..ccfc208 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 {
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 	/*
 	 * Check if the do_timer duty was dropped. We don't care about
 	 * concurrency: This happens only when the cpu in charge went
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
 static void tick_sched_handle(struct tick_sched *ts, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 	/*
 	 * When we are idle and the tick is stopped, we have to touch
 	 * the watchdog as we might not schedule for a really long
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 /*
  * NOHZ - aka dynamic tick functionality
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 /*
  * NO HZ enabled ?
  */
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@
 static inline void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void) { }
 static inline void tick_check_nohz(int cpu) { }
 
-#endif /* NO_HZ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 /*
  * Called from irq_enter to notify about the possible interruption of idle()
@@ -992,14 +992,14 @@
 		now = ktime_get();
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 	if (tick_nohz_enabled)
 		ts->nohz_mode = NOHZ_MODE_HIGHRES;
 #endif
 }
 #endif /* HIGH_RES_TIMERS */
 
-#if defined CONFIG_NO_HZ || defined CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
+#if defined CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON || defined CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
 void tick_cancel_sched_timer(int cpu)
 {
 	struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 4e3040b..1b7489f 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
 
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 	if (!pinned && get_sysctl_timer_migration() && idle_cpu(cpu))
 		cpu = get_nohz_timer_target();
 #endif
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@
 	spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 /*
  * Find out when the next timer event is due to happen. This
  * is used on S/390 to stop all activity when a CPU is idle.