diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index fa38612d70b..72138d75a60 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -501,8 +501,9 @@ struct perf_cpu_context {
 	struct perf_event_context	*task_ctx;
 	int				active_oncpu;
 	int				exclusive;
+	struct hrtimer			hrtimer;
+	ktime_t				hrtimer_interval;
 	struct list_head		rotation_list;
-	int				jiffies_interval;
 	struct pmu			*unique_pmu;
 	struct perf_cgroup		*cgrp;
 };
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 9484f4ba88d..ec549581d73 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 	if (WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "Interrupts were enabled *very* early, fixing it\n"))
 		local_irq_disable();
 	idr_init_cache();
-	perf_event_init();
 	rcu_init();
 	tick_nohz_init();
 	radix_tree_init();
@@ -555,6 +554,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 	softirq_init();
 	timekeeping_init();
 	time_init();
+	perf_event_init();
 	profile_init();
 	call_function_init();
 	WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "Interrupts were enabled early\n");
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index e0dcced282e..97bfac7e6f4 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ int sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate __read_mostly = DEFAULT_MAX_SAMPLE_RATE;
 static int max_samples_per_tick __read_mostly =
 	DIV_ROUND_UP(DEFAULT_MAX_SAMPLE_RATE, HZ);
 
+static int perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx);
+
 int perf_proc_update_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 		loff_t *ppos)
@@ -658,6 +660,98 @@ perf_cgroup_mark_enabled(struct perf_event *event,
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * set default to be dependent on timer tick just
+ * like original code
+ */
+#define PERF_CPU_HRTIMER (1000 / HZ)
+/*
+ * function must be called with interrupts disbled
+ */
+static enum hrtimer_restart perf_cpu_hrtimer_handler(struct hrtimer *hr)
+{
+	struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
+	enum hrtimer_restart ret = HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+	int rotations = 0;
+
+	WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+
+	cpuctx = container_of(hr, struct perf_cpu_context, hrtimer);
+
+	rotations = perf_rotate_context(cpuctx);
+
+	/*
+	 * arm timer if needed
+	 */
+	if (rotations) {
+		hrtimer_forward_now(hr, cpuctx->hrtimer_interval);
+		ret = HRTIMER_RESTART;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* CPU is going down */
+void perf_cpu_hrtimer_cancel(int cpu)
+{
+	struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
+	struct pmu *pmu;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(cpu != smp_processor_id()))
+		return;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(pmu, &pmus, entry) {
+		cpuctx = this_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context);
+
+		if (pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_sw_context)
+			continue;
+
+		hrtimer_cancel(&cpuctx->hrtimer);
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+static void __perf_cpu_hrtimer_init(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx, int cpu)
+{
+	struct hrtimer *hr = &cpuctx->hrtimer;
+	struct pmu *pmu = cpuctx->ctx.pmu;
+
+	/* no multiplexing needed for SW PMU */
+	if (pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_sw_context)
+		return;
+
+	cpuctx->hrtimer_interval =
+		ns_to_ktime(NSEC_PER_MSEC * PERF_CPU_HRTIMER);
+
+	hrtimer_init(hr, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+	hr->function = perf_cpu_hrtimer_handler;
+}
+
+static void perf_cpu_hrtimer_restart(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
+{
+	struct hrtimer *hr = &cpuctx->hrtimer;
+	struct pmu *pmu = cpuctx->ctx.pmu;
+
+	/* not for SW PMU */
+	if (pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_sw_context)
+		return;
+
+	if (hrtimer_active(hr))
+		return;
+
+	if (!hrtimer_callback_running(hr))
+		__hrtimer_start_range_ns(hr, cpuctx->hrtimer_interval,
+					 0, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED, 0);
+}
+
 void perf_pmu_disable(struct pmu *pmu)
 {
 	int *count = this_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_disable_count);
@@ -1506,6 +1600,7 @@ group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_event,
 
 	if (event_sched_in(group_event, cpuctx, ctx)) {
 		pmu->cancel_txn(pmu);
+		perf_cpu_hrtimer_restart(cpuctx);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
@@ -1552,6 +1647,8 @@ group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_event,
 
 	pmu->cancel_txn(pmu);
 
+	perf_cpu_hrtimer_restart(cpuctx);
+
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
@@ -1807,8 +1904,10 @@ static int __perf_event_enable(void *info)
 		 * If this event can't go on and it's part of a
 		 * group, then the whole group has to come off.
 		 */
-		if (leader != event)
+		if (leader != event) {
 			group_sched_out(leader, cpuctx, ctx);
+			perf_cpu_hrtimer_restart(cpuctx);
+		}
 		if (leader->attr.pinned) {
 			update_group_times(leader);
 			leader->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR;
@@ -2555,7 +2654,7 @@ static void rotate_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
  * because they're strictly cpu affine and rotate_start is called with IRQs
  * disabled, while rotate_context is called from IRQ context.
  */
-static void perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
+static int perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 {
 	struct perf_event_context *ctx = NULL;
 	int rotate = 0, remove = 1;
@@ -2594,6 +2693,8 @@ static void perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 done:
 	if (remove)
 		list_del_init(&cpuctx->rotation_list);
+
+	return rotate;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
@@ -2625,10 +2726,6 @@ void perf_event_task_tick(void)
 		ctx = cpuctx->task_ctx;
 		if (ctx)
 			perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(ctx, throttled);
-
-		if (cpuctx->jiffies_interval == 1 ||
-				!(jiffies % cpuctx->jiffies_interval))
-			perf_rotate_context(cpuctx);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -6001,7 +6098,9 @@ int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type)
 		lockdep_set_class(&cpuctx->ctx.lock, &cpuctx_lock);
 		cpuctx->ctx.type = cpu_context;
 		cpuctx->ctx.pmu = pmu;
-		cpuctx->jiffies_interval = 1;
+
+		__perf_cpu_hrtimer_init(cpuctx, cpu);
+
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cpuctx->rotation_list);
 		cpuctx->unique_pmu = pmu;
 	}
@@ -7387,7 +7486,6 @@ perf_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 	case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
 		perf_event_exit_cpu(cpu);
 		break;
-
 	default:
 		break;
 	}