diff --git a/include/linux/irq-entry-common.h b/include/linux/irq-entry-common.h
index 0bb6c03481fa..c74b5c87e10f 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq-entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq-entry-common.h
@@ -468,6 +468,25 @@ static inline void irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_preempt(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		irqentry_exit_cond_resched();
 }
 
+/*
+ * The deferred hrtimer rearm is the tail of the timer interrupt, moved to the
+ * interrupt return path so that it runs after a possible reschedule. By now
+ * irq_exit_rcu() has left lockdep's hardirq context. Re-enter it for the
+ * rearm, so that the hrtimer base lock and the timekeeping sequence count are
+ * not chained onto the locks held by the interrupted context, which would add
+ * new lock chains for every lock stack an interrupt hits.
+ *
+ * The rearm on return to user mode needs no such annotation: no locks are
+ * held there, so it uses the same lock chains as the rearm in hardirq
+ * context.
+ */
+static __always_inline void irqentry_hrtimer_rearm_deferred(void)
+{
+	lockdep_hardirq_enter();
+	hrtimer_rearm_deferred();
+	lockdep_hardirq_exit();
+}
+
 /**
  * irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_after_preempt - Establish trace, lockdep and RCU state
  * @regs:	Pointer to current's pt_regs
@@ -491,7 +510,7 @@ irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_after_preempt(struct pt_regs *regs, irqentry_state_
 		 */
 		if (state.exit_rcu) {
 			instrumentation_begin();
-			hrtimer_rearm_deferred();
+			irqentry_hrtimer_rearm_deferred();
 			/* Tell the tracer that IRET will enable interrupts */
 			trace_hardirqs_on_prepare();
 			lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare();
@@ -502,7 +521,7 @@ irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_after_preempt(struct pt_regs *regs, irqentry_state_
 		}
 
 		instrumentation_begin();
-		hrtimer_rearm_deferred();
+		irqentry_hrtimer_rearm_deferred();
 		/* Covers both tracing and lockdep */
 		trace_hardirqs_on();
 		instrumentation_end();