diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 2f9e57d..5db0558 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -53,30 +53,25 @@
  *
  * 0x00		inactive
  * 0x01		enqueued into rbtree
- * 0x02		callback function running
- * 0x04		timer is migrated to another cpu
  *
- * Special cases:
- * 0x03		callback function running and enqueued
- *		(was requeued on another CPU)
- * 0x05		timer was migrated on CPU hotunplug
+ * The callback state is not part of the timer->state because clearing it would
+ * mean touching the timer after the callback, this makes it impossible to free
+ * the timer from the callback function.
  *
- * The "callback function running and enqueued" status is only possible on
- * SMP. It happens for example when a posix timer expired and the callback
+ * Therefore we track the callback state in:
+ *
+ *	timer->base->cpu_base->running == timer
+ *
+ * On SMP it is possible to have a "callback function running and enqueued"
+ * status. It happens for example when a posix timer expired and the callback
  * queued a signal. Between dropping the lock which protects the posix timer
  * and reacquiring the base lock of the hrtimer, another CPU can deliver the
- * signal and rearm the timer. We have to preserve the callback running state,
- * as otherwise the timer could be removed before the softirq code finishes the
- * the handling of the timer.
- *
- * The HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED bit is always or'ed to the current state
- * to preserve the HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK in the above scenario.
+ * signal and rearm the timer.
  *
  * All state transitions are protected by cpu_base->lock.
  */
 #define HRTIMER_STATE_INACTIVE	0x00
 #define HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED	0x01
-#define HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK	0x02
 
 /**
  * struct hrtimer - the basic hrtimer structure
@@ -163,6 +158,8 @@
  * struct hrtimer_cpu_base - the per cpu clock bases
  * @lock:		lock protecting the base and associated clock bases
  *			and timers
+ * @seq:		seqcount around __run_hrtimer
+ * @running:		pointer to the currently running hrtimer
  * @cpu:		cpu number
  * @active_bases:	Bitfield to mark bases with active timers
  * @clock_was_set_seq:	Sequence counter of clock was set events
@@ -184,6 +181,8 @@
  */
 struct hrtimer_cpu_base {
 	raw_spinlock_t			lock;
+	seqcount_t			seq;
+	struct hrtimer			*running;
 	unsigned int			cpu;
 	unsigned int			active_bases;
 	unsigned int			clock_was_set_seq;
@@ -391,15 +390,7 @@
 
 extern u64 hrtimer_get_next_event(void);
 
-/*
- * A timer is active, when it is enqueued into the rbtree or the
- * callback function is running or it's in the state of being migrated
- * to another cpu.
- */
-static inline int hrtimer_active(const struct hrtimer *timer)
-{
-	return timer->state != HRTIMER_STATE_INACTIVE;
-}
+extern bool hrtimer_active(const struct hrtimer *timer);
 
 /*
  * Helper function to check, whether the timer is on one of the queues
@@ -415,7 +406,7 @@
  */
 static inline int hrtimer_callback_running(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
-	return timer->state & HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK;
+	return timer->base->cpu_base->running == timer;
 }
 
 /* Forward a hrtimer so it expires after now: */