diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index c657f3d..6361544 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -101,9 +101,8 @@
 /* Exported timer functions: */
 
 /* Initialize timers: */
-extern void hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, const clockid_t which_clock);
-extern void hrtimer_rebase(struct hrtimer *timer, const clockid_t which_clock);
-
+extern void hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, clockid_t which_clock,
+			 enum hrtimer_mode mode);
 
 /* Basic timer operations: */
 extern int hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 4ae8cfc..7f0ab5e 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
 	init_sigpending(&sig->shared_pending);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sig->posix_timers);
 
-	hrtimer_init(&sig->real_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+	hrtimer_init(&sig->real_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_REL);
 	sig->it_real_incr.tv64 = 0;
 	sig->real_timer.function = it_real_fn;
 	sig->real_timer.data = tsk;
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index f580dd9..efff949 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
 
 /*
  * The timer bases:
+ *
+ * Note: If we want to add new timer bases, we have to skip the two
+ * clock ids captured by the cpu-timers. We do this by holding empty
+ * entries rather than doing math adjustment of the clock ids.
+ * This ensures that we capture erroneous accesses to these clock ids
+ * rather than moving them into the range of valid clock id's.
  */
 
 #define MAX_HRTIMER_BASES 2
@@ -483,29 +489,25 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * hrtimer_rebase - rebase an initialized hrtimer to a different base
- *
- * @timer:	the timer to be rebased
- * @clock_id:	the clock to be used
- */
-void hrtimer_rebase(struct hrtimer *timer, const clockid_t clock_id)
-{
-	struct hrtimer_base *bases;
-
-	bases = per_cpu(hrtimer_bases, raw_smp_processor_id());
-	timer->base = &bases[clock_id];
-}
-
-/**
  * hrtimer_init - initialize a timer to the given clock
  *
  * @timer:	the timer to be initialized
  * @clock_id:	the clock to be used
+ * @mode:	timer mode abs/rel
  */
-void hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, const clockid_t clock_id)
+void hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, clockid_t clock_id,
+		  enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 {
+	struct hrtimer_base *bases;
+
 	memset(timer, 0, sizeof(struct hrtimer));
-	hrtimer_rebase(timer, clock_id);
+
+	bases = per_cpu(hrtimer_bases, raw_smp_processor_id());
+
+	if (clock_id == CLOCK_REALTIME && mode != HRTIMER_ABS)
+		clock_id = CLOCK_MONOTONIC;
+
+	timer->base = &bases[clock_id];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -643,8 +645,7 @@
 	return schedule_hrtimer(timer, mode);
 }
 
-static long __sched
-nanosleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart, clockid_t clockid)
+static long __sched nanosleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart)
 {
 	struct timespec __user *rmtp;
 	struct timespec tu;
@@ -654,7 +655,7 @@
 
 	restart->fn = do_no_restart_syscall;
 
-	hrtimer_init(&timer, clockid);
+	hrtimer_init(&timer, (clockid_t) restart->arg3, HRTIMER_ABS);
 
 	timer.expires.tv64 = ((u64)restart->arg1 << 32) | (u64) restart->arg0;
 
@@ -674,16 +675,6 @@
 	return -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK;
 }
 
-static long __sched nanosleep_restart_mono(struct restart_block *restart)
-{
-	return nanosleep_restart(restart, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
-}
-
-static long __sched nanosleep_restart_real(struct restart_block *restart)
-{
-	return nanosleep_restart(restart, CLOCK_REALTIME);
-}
-
 long hrtimer_nanosleep(struct timespec *rqtp, struct timespec __user *rmtp,
 		       const enum hrtimer_mode mode, const clockid_t clockid)
 {
@@ -692,7 +683,7 @@
 	struct timespec tu;
 	ktime_t rem;
 
-	hrtimer_init(&timer, clockid);
+	hrtimer_init(&timer, clockid, mode);
 
 	timer.expires = timespec_to_ktime(*rqtp);
 
@@ -700,7 +691,7 @@
 	if (rem.tv64 <= 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Absolute timers do not update the rmtp value: */
+	/* Absolute timers do not update the rmtp value and restart: */
 	if (mode == HRTIMER_ABS)
 		return -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 
@@ -710,11 +701,11 @@
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	restart = &current_thread_info()->restart_block;
-	restart->fn = (clockid == CLOCK_MONOTONIC) ?
-		nanosleep_restart_mono : nanosleep_restart_real;
+	restart->fn = nanosleep_restart;
 	restart->arg0 = timer.expires.tv64 & 0xFFFFFFFF;
 	restart->arg1 = timer.expires.tv64 >> 32;
 	restart->arg2 = (unsigned long) rmtp;
+	restart->arg3 = (unsigned long) timer.base->index;
 
 	return -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK;
 }
@@ -741,10 +732,8 @@
 	struct hrtimer_base *base = per_cpu(hrtimer_bases, cpu);
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HRTIMER_BASES; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HRTIMER_BASES; i++, base++)
 		spin_lock_init(&base->lock);
-		base++;
-	}
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 3b606d3..28e72fd 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -194,9 +194,7 @@
 
 static int common_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
 {
-	hrtimer_init(&new_timer->it.real.timer, new_timer->it_clock);
-	new_timer->it.real.timer.data = new_timer;
-	new_timer->it.real.timer.function = posix_timer_fn;
+	hrtimer_init(&new_timer->it.real.timer, new_timer->it_clock, 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -693,6 +691,7 @@
 		 struct itimerspec *new_setting, struct itimerspec *old_setting)
 {
 	struct hrtimer *timer = &timr->it.real.timer;
+	enum hrtimer_mode mode;
 
 	if (old_setting)
 		common_timer_get(timr, old_setting);
@@ -714,14 +713,10 @@
 	if (!new_setting->it_value.tv_sec && !new_setting->it_value.tv_nsec)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Posix madness. Only absolute CLOCK_REALTIME timers
-	 * are affected by clock sets. So we must reiniatilize
-	 * the timer.
-	 */
-	if (timr->it_clock == CLOCK_REALTIME && (flags & TIMER_ABSTIME))
-		hrtimer_rebase(timer, CLOCK_REALTIME);
-	else
-		hrtimer_rebase(timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+	mode = flags & TIMER_ABSTIME ? HRTIMER_ABS : HRTIMER_REL;
+	hrtimer_init(&timr->it.real.timer, timr->it_clock, mode);
+	timr->it.real.timer.data = timr;
+	timr->it.real.timer.function = posix_timer_fn;
 
 	timer->expires = timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_value);
 
@@ -732,8 +727,7 @@
 	if (((timr->it_sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_THREAD_ID) == SIGEV_NONE))
 		return 0;
 
-	hrtimer_start(timer, timer->expires, (flags & TIMER_ABSTIME) ?
-		      HRTIMER_ABS : HRTIMER_REL);
+	hrtimer_start(timer, timer->expires, mode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -948,21 +942,8 @@
 static int common_nsleep(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,
 			 struct timespec *tsave, struct timespec __user *rmtp)
 {
-	int mode = flags & TIMER_ABSTIME ? HRTIMER_ABS : HRTIMER_REL;
-	int clockid = which_clock;
-
-	switch (which_clock) {
-	case CLOCK_REALTIME:
-		/* Posix madness. Only absolute timers on clock realtime
-		   are affected by clock set. */
-		if (mode != HRTIMER_ABS)
-			clockid = CLOCK_MONOTONIC;
-	case CLOCK_MONOTONIC:
-		break;
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	return hrtimer_nanosleep(tsave, rmtp, mode, clockid);
+	return hrtimer_nanosleep(tsave, rmtp, flags & TIMER_ABSTIME ?
+				 HRTIMER_ABS : HRTIMER_REL, which_clock);
 }
 
 asmlinkage long