diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index b416995..8c3fef1 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -160,6 +160,18 @@
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
 
+	/*
+	 * If this cpu is offline and it is the one which updates
+	 * jiffies, then give up the assignment and let it be taken by
+	 * the cpu which runs the tick timer next. If we don't drop
+	 * this here the jiffies might be stale and do_timer() never
+	 * invoked.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!cpu_online(cpu))) {
+		if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu)
+			tick_do_timer_cpu = -1;
+	}
+
 	if (unlikely(ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_INACTIVE))
 		goto end;