diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 753a184c70907..9f90c7333b1dc 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -311,14 +311,6 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart tick_nohz_handler(struct hrtimer *timer)
 	return HRTIMER_RESTART;
 }
 
-static void tick_sched_timer_cancel(struct tick_sched *ts)
-{
-	if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_HIGHRES))
-		hrtimer_cancel(&ts->sched_timer);
-	else if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_NOHZ))
-		tick_program_event(KTIME_MAX, 1);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_full_mask);
@@ -1055,7 +1047,10 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu)
 	 * the tick timer.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(expires == KTIME_MAX)) {
-		tick_sched_timer_cancel(ts);
+		if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_HIGHRES))
+			hrtimer_cancel(&ts->sched_timer);
+		else
+			tick_program_event(KTIME_MAX, 1);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1604,21 +1599,13 @@ void tick_setup_sched_timer(bool hrtimer)
  */
 void tick_sched_timer_dying(int cpu)
 {
-	struct tick_device *td = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_device, cpu);
 	struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
-	struct clock_event_device *dev = td->evtdev;
 	ktime_t idle_sleeptime, iowait_sleeptime;
 	unsigned long idle_calls, idle_sleeps;
 
 	/* This must happen before hrtimers are migrated! */
-	tick_sched_timer_cancel(ts);
-
-	/*
-	 * If the clockevents doesn't support CLOCK_EVT_STATE_ONESHOT_STOPPED,
-	 * make sure not to call low-res tick handler.
-	 */
-	if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_NOHZ))
-		dev->event_handler = clockevents_handle_noop;
+	if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_HIGHRES))
+		hrtimer_cancel(&ts->sched_timer);
 
 	idle_sleeptime = ts->idle_sleeptime;
 	iowait_sleeptime = ts->iowait_sleeptime;