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diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 6bffe5af8cb1..17a283ce2b20 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -1375,6 +1375,13 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_irq_enter(void)
now = ktime_get();
if (ts->idle_active)
tick_nohz_stop_idle(ts, now);
+ /*
+ * If all CPUs are idle. We may need to update a stale jiffies value.
+ * Note nohz_full is a special case: a timekeeper is guaranteed to stay
+ * alive but it might be busy looping with interrupts disabled in some
+ * rare case (typically stop machine). So we must make sure we have a
+ * last resort.
+ */
if (ts->tick_stopped)
tick_nohz_update_jiffies(now);
}