diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c
index 3e7db49a2381..4ca2dec92489 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c
@@ -50,34 +50,39 @@ static void bc_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
  */
 static int bc_set_next(ktime_t expires, struct clock_event_device *bc)
 {
-	int bc_moved;
 	/*
-	 * We try to cancel the timer first. If the callback is on
-	 * flight on some other cpu then we let it handle it. If we
-	 * were able to cancel the timer nothing can rearm it as we
-	 * own broadcast_lock.
+	 * This is called either from enter/exit idle code or from the
+	 * broadcast handler. In all cases tick_broadcast_lock is held.
 	 *
-	 * However we can also be called from the event handler of
-	 * ce_broadcast_hrtimer itself when it expires. We cannot
-	 * restart the timer because we are in the callback, but we
-	 * can set the expiry time and let the callback return
-	 * HRTIMER_RESTART.
+	 * hrtimer_cancel() cannot be called here neither from the
+	 * broadcast handler nor from the enter/exit idle code. The idle
+	 * code can run into the problem described in bc_shutdown() and the
+	 * broadcast handler cannot wait for itself to complete for obvious
+	 * reasons.
 	 *
-	 * Since we are in the idle loop at this point and because
-	 * hrtimer_{start/cancel} functions call into tracing,
-	 * calls to these functions must be bound within RCU_NONIDLE.
+	 * Each caller tries to arm the hrtimer on its own CPU, but if the
+	 * hrtimer callbback function is currently running, then
+	 * hrtimer_start() cannot move it and the timer stays on the CPU on
+	 * which it is assigned at the moment.
+	 *
+	 * As this can be called from idle code, the hrtimer_start()
+	 * invocation has to be wrapped with RCU_NONIDLE() as
+	 * hrtimer_start() can call into tracing.
 	 */
-	RCU_NONIDLE({
-			bc_moved = hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&bctimer) >= 0;
-			if (bc_moved)
-				hrtimer_start(&bctimer, expires,
-					      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);});
-	if (bc_moved) {
-		/* Bind the "device" to the cpu */
-		bc->bound_on = smp_processor_id();
-	} else if (bc->bound_on == smp_processor_id()) {
-		hrtimer_set_expires(&bctimer, expires);
-	}
+	RCU_NONIDLE( {
+		hrtimer_start(&bctimer, expires, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
+		/*
+		 * The core tick broadcast mode expects bc->bound_on to be set
+		 * correctly to prevent a CPU which has the broadcast hrtimer
+		 * armed from going deep idle.
+		 *
+		 * As tick_broadcast_lock is held, nothing can change the cpu
+		 * base which was just established in hrtimer_start() above. So
+		 * the below access is safe even without holding the hrtimer
+		 * base lock.
+		 */
+		bc->bound_on = bctimer.base->cpu_base->cpu;
+	} );
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -102,13 +107,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart bc_handler(struct hrtimer *t)
 {
 	ce_broadcast_hrtimer.event_handler(&ce_broadcast_hrtimer);
 
-	switch (ce_broadcast_hrtimer.mode) {
-	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT:
-		if (ce_broadcast_hrtimer.next_event.tv64 != KTIME_MAX)
-			return HRTIMER_RESTART;
-	default:
-		return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
-	}
+	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
 void tick_setup_hrtimer_broadcast(void)