diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index 98921a3..b6ec818 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -96,9 +96,11 @@
 extern void tick_clock_notify(void);
 extern int tick_check_oneshot_change(int allow_nohz);
 extern struct tick_sched *tick_get_tick_sched(int cpu);
+extern void tick_check_idle(int cpu);
 # else
 static inline void tick_clock_notify(void) { }
 static inline int tick_check_oneshot_change(int allow_nohz) { return 0; }
+static inline void tick_check_idle(int cpu) { }
 # endif
 
 #else /* CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS */
@@ -106,26 +108,23 @@
 static inline void tick_cancel_sched_timer(int cpu) { }
 static inline void tick_clock_notify(void) { }
 static inline int tick_check_oneshot_change(int allow_nohz) { return 0; }
+static inline void tick_check_idle(int cpu) { }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS */
 
 # ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
 extern void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle);
 extern void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void);
-extern void tick_nohz_update_jiffies(void);
 extern ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void);
-extern void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu);
 extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
 # else
 static inline void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle) { }
 static inline void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void) { }
-static inline void tick_nohz_update_jiffies(void) { }
 static inline ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void)
 {
 	ktime_t len = { .tv64 = NSEC_PER_SEC/HZ };
 
 	return len;
 }
-static inline void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu) { }
 static inline u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *unused) { return -1; }
 # endif /* !NO_HZ */
 
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 37d67aa..d410014 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -265,16 +265,12 @@
  */
 void irq_enter(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
 	if (idle_cpu(cpu) && !in_interrupt())
-		tick_nohz_stop_idle(cpu);
-#endif
+		tick_check_idle(cpu);
+
 	__irq_enter();
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
-	if (idle_cpu(cpu))
-		tick_nohz_update_jiffies();
-#endif
 }
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index b711ffc..fdcf3f9 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 	touch_softlockup_watchdog();
 }
 
-void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu)
+static void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu)
 {
 	struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
 
@@ -559,6 +559,17 @@
 #endif /* NO_HZ */
 
 /*
+ * Called from irq_enter to notify about the possible interruption of idle()
+ */
+void tick_check_idle(int cpu)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+	tick_nohz_stop_idle(cpu);
+	tick_nohz_update_jiffies();
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
  * High resolution timer specific code
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS