diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index 7f31932216a12..299a4c5b6cf8d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -547,8 +547,11 @@ static ktime_t __hrtimer_next_event_base(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base,
 }
 
 /*
- * Recomputes cpu_base::*next_timer and returns the earliest expires_next but
- * does not set cpu_base::*expires_next, that is done by hrtimer_reprogram.
+ * Recomputes cpu_base::*next_timer and returns the earliest expires_next
+ * but does not set cpu_base::*expires_next, that is done by
+ * hrtimer[_force]_reprogram and hrtimer_interrupt only. When updating
+ * cpu_base::*expires_next right away, reprogramming logic would no longer
+ * work.
  *
  * When a softirq is pending, we can ignore the HRTIMER_ACTIVE_SOFT bases,
  * those timers will get run whenever the softirq gets handled, at the end of
@@ -589,6 +592,37 @@ __hrtimer_get_next_event(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base, unsigned int active_
 	return expires_next;
 }
 
+static ktime_t hrtimer_update_next_event(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base)
+{
+	ktime_t expires_next, soft = KTIME_MAX;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the soft interrupt has already been activated, ignore the
+	 * soft bases. They will be handled in the already raised soft
+	 * interrupt.
+	 */
+	if (!cpu_base->softirq_activated) {
+		soft = __hrtimer_get_next_event(cpu_base, HRTIMER_ACTIVE_SOFT);
+		/*
+		 * Update the soft expiry time. clock_settime() might have
+		 * affected it.
+		 */
+		cpu_base->softirq_expires_next = soft;
+	}
+
+	expires_next = __hrtimer_get_next_event(cpu_base, HRTIMER_ACTIVE_HARD);
+	/*
+	 * If a softirq timer is expiring first, update cpu_base->next_timer
+	 * and program the hardware with the soft expiry time.
+	 */
+	if (expires_next > soft) {
+		cpu_base->next_timer = cpu_base->softirq_next_timer;
+		expires_next = soft;
+	}
+
+	return expires_next;
+}
+
 static inline ktime_t hrtimer_update_base(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *base)
 {
 	ktime_t *offs_real = &base->clock_base[HRTIMER_BASE_REALTIME].offset;
@@ -629,23 +663,7 @@ hrtimer_force_reprogram(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base, int skip_equal)
 {
 	ktime_t expires_next;
 
-	/*
-	 * Find the current next expiration time.
-	 */
-	expires_next = __hrtimer_get_next_event(cpu_base, HRTIMER_ACTIVE_ALL);
-
-	if (cpu_base->next_timer && cpu_base->next_timer->is_soft) {
-		/*
-		 * When the softirq is activated, hrtimer has to be
-		 * programmed with the first hard hrtimer because soft
-		 * timer interrupt could occur too late.
-		 */
-		if (cpu_base->softirq_activated)
-			expires_next = __hrtimer_get_next_event(cpu_base,
-								HRTIMER_ACTIVE_HARD);
-		else
-			cpu_base->softirq_expires_next = expires_next;
-	}
+	expires_next = hrtimer_update_next_event(cpu_base);
 
 	if (skip_equal && expires_next == cpu_base->expires_next)
 		return;
@@ -1640,8 +1658,8 @@ void hrtimer_interrupt(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 
 	__hrtimer_run_queues(cpu_base, now, flags, HRTIMER_ACTIVE_HARD);
 
-	/* Reevaluate the clock bases for the next expiry */
-	expires_next = __hrtimer_get_next_event(cpu_base, HRTIMER_ACTIVE_ALL);
+	/* Reevaluate the clock bases for the [soft] next expiry */
+	expires_next = hrtimer_update_next_event(cpu_base);
 	/*
 	 * Store the new expiry value so the migration code can verify
 	 * against it.