diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 51053af64023..4420cdf59e8c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -2285,6 +2285,9 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct timer_base *base)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&base->lock);
 
+	if (base->running_timer)
+		return;
+
 	while (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->clk) &&
 	       time_after_eq(jiffies, base->next_expiry)) {
 		levels = collect_expired_timers(base, heads);