diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 3424dfd..3f841db 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -609,9 +610,7 @@
 {
 	struct tvec_base *base, *new_base;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0 , cpu;
 
 	timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(timer);
 	BUG_ON(!timer->function);
@@ -630,6 +629,18 @@
 
 	new_base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
 
+	cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	if (!pinned && get_sysctl_timer_migration() && idle_cpu(cpu)) {
+		int preferred_cpu = get_nohz_load_balancer();
+
+		if (preferred_cpu >= 0)
+			cpu = preferred_cpu;
+	}
+#endif
+	new_base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu);
+
 	if (base != new_base) {
 		/*
 		 * We are trying to schedule the timer on the local CPU.