diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index c7840ae8ebaf..44fddfa93e18 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ static inline void tick_cleanup_dead_cpu(int cpu) { }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)
 extern int tick_cpu_dying(unsigned int cpu);
+extern void tick_assert_timekeeping_handover(void);
 #else
 #define tick_cpu_dying	NULL
+static inline void tick_assert_timekeeping_handover(void) { }
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_SUSPEND)
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 5a8ad4f5ccf3..7e84a7b0675e 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -1399,6 +1399,7 @@ void cpuhp_report_idle_dead(void)
 	struct cpuhp_cpu_state *st = this_cpu_ptr(&cpuhp_state);
 
 	BUG_ON(st->state != CPUHP_AP_OFFLINE);
+	tick_assert_timekeeping_handover();
 	rcutree_report_cpu_dead();
 	st->state = CPUHP_AP_IDLE_DEAD;
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index 31231925f1ec..b15d40cad7ea 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ static void do_idle(void)
 		local_irq_disable();
 
 		if (cpu_is_offline(cpu)) {
-			tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick();
 			cpuhp_report_idle_dead();
 			arch_cpu_idle_dead();
 		}
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index 9cd09eea06d6..fb0fdec8719a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -396,6 +396,10 @@ int tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(enum tick_broadcast_state state)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_broadcast_oneshot_control);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+void tick_assert_timekeeping_handover(void)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(tick_do_timer_cpu == smp_processor_id());
+}
 /*
  * Stop the tick and transfer the timekeeping job away from a dying cpu.
  */
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 89d16b8ea2c4..269e21590df5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -1160,18 +1160,7 @@ static bool report_idle_softirq(void)
 
 static bool can_stop_idle_tick(int cpu, struct tick_sched *ts)
 {
-	/*
-	 * 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
-	 * gets invoked.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(!cpu_online(cpu))) {
-		if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu)
-			tick_do_timer_cpu = TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE;
-		return false;
-	}
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu_is_offline(cpu));
 
 	if (unlikely(!tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_NOHZ)))
 		return false;