diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 22627b3a33fe..bb7270e8bc37 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ enum  hrtimer_base_type {
  * @hres_active:	State of high resolution mode
  * @in_hrtirq:		hrtimer_interrupt() is currently executing
  * @hang_detected:	The last hrtimer interrupt detected a hang
- * @expires_next:	absolute time of the next event, is required for remote
- *			hrtimer enqueue
  * @next_timer:		Pointer to the first expiring timer
  * @nr_events:		Total number of hrtimer interrupt events
  * @nr_retries:		Total number of hrtimer interrupt retries
  * @nr_hangs:		Total number of hrtimer interrupt hangs
  * @max_hang_time:	Maximum time spent in hrtimer_interrupt
+ * @expires_next:	absolute time of the next event, is required for remote
+ *			hrtimer enqueue
  * @clock_base:		array of clock bases for this cpu
  *
  * Note: next_timer is just an optimization for __remove_hrtimer().
@@ -186,13 +186,13 @@ struct hrtimer_cpu_base {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
 	unsigned int			in_hrtirq	: 1,
 					hang_detected	: 1;
-	ktime_t				expires_next;
 	struct hrtimer			*next_timer;
 	unsigned int			nr_events;
 	unsigned short			nr_retries;
 	unsigned short			nr_hangs;
 	unsigned int			max_hang_time;
 #endif
+	ktime_t				expires_next;
 	struct hrtimer_clock_base	clock_base[HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES];
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index 5a624f9c8408..a9ab67f3e5d5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -154,26 +154,21 @@ struct hrtimer_clock_base *lock_hrtimer_base(const struct hrtimer *timer,
 }
 
 /*
- * With HIGHRES=y we do not migrate the timer when it is expiring
- * before the next event on the target cpu because we cannot reprogram
- * the target cpu hardware and we would cause it to fire late.
+ * We do not migrate the timer when it is expiring before the next
+ * event on the target cpu. When high resolution is enabled, we cannot
+ * reprogram the target cpu hardware and we would cause it to fire
+ * late. To keep it simple, we handle the high resolution enabled and
+ * disabled case similar.
  *
  * Called with cpu_base->lock of target cpu held.
  */
 static int
 hrtimer_check_target(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *new_base)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
 	ktime_t expires;
 
-	if (!new_base->cpu_base->hres_active)
-		return 0;
-
 	expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), new_base->offset);
 	return expires <= new_base->cpu_base->expires_next;
-#else
-	return 0;
-#endif
 }
 
 static inline
@@ -656,14 +651,6 @@ static void hrtimer_reprogram(struct hrtimer *timer,
 	tick_program_event(expires, 1);
 }
 
-/*
- * Initialize the high resolution related parts of cpu_base
- */
-static inline void hrtimer_init_hres(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *base)
-{
-	base->expires_next = KTIME_MAX;
-}
-
 /*
  * Retrigger next event is called after clock was set
  *
@@ -729,7 +716,6 @@ static inline int hrtimer_reprogram(struct hrtimer *timer,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline void hrtimer_init_hres(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *base) { }
 static inline void retrigger_next_event(void *arg) { }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS */
@@ -1599,7 +1585,7 @@ int hrtimers_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	cpu_base->cpu = cpu;
 	cpu_base->hres_active = 0;
-	hrtimer_init_hres(cpu_base);
+	cpu_base->expires_next = KTIME_MAX;
 	return 0;
 }