diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 457151f9f263d..4a4f367cd6864 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -616,6 +616,35 @@ extern void __raise_softirq_irqoff(unsigned int nr);
 extern void raise_softirq_irqoff(unsigned int nr);
 extern void raise_softirq(unsigned int nr);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, timersd);
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, pending_timer_softirq);
+
+extern void raise_timer_softirq(void);
+extern void raise_hrtimer_softirq(void);
+
+static inline unsigned int local_pending_timers(void)
+{
+	return __this_cpu_read(pending_timer_softirq);
+}
+
+#else
+static inline void raise_timer_softirq(void)
+{
+	raise_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+}
+
+static inline void raise_hrtimer_softirq(void)
+{
+	raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int local_pending_timers(void)
+{
+	return local_softirq_pending();
+}
+#endif
+
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
 
 static inline struct task_struct *this_cpu_ksoftirqd(void)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index bb75dbf5c800c..609687fd742d5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -2440,6 +2440,12 @@ static int rcutorture_booster_init(unsigned int cpu)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!t);
 		sp.sched_priority = 2;
 		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+		t = per_cpu(timersd, cpu);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!t);
+		sp.sched_priority = 2;
+		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/* Don't allow time recalculation while creating a new task. */
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index d082e7840f880..2d847405e5a7f 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -624,6 +624,24 @@ static inline void tick_irq_exit(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, timersd);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, pending_timer_softirq);
+
+static void wake_timersd(void)
+{
+	struct task_struct *tsk = __this_cpu_read(timersd);
+
+	if (tsk)
+		wake_up_process(tsk);
+}
+
+#else
+
+static inline void wake_timersd(void) { }
+
+#endif
+
 static inline void __irq_exit_rcu(void)
 {
 #ifndef __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED
@@ -636,6 +654,10 @@ static inline void __irq_exit_rcu(void)
 	if (!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending())
 		invoke_softirq();
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && local_pending_timers() &&
+	    !(in_nmi() | in_hardirq()))
+		wake_timersd();
+
 	tick_irq_exit();
 }
 
@@ -971,12 +993,70 @@ static struct smp_hotplug_thread softirq_threads = {
 	.thread_comm		= "ksoftirqd/%u",
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+static void timersd_setup(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	sched_set_fifo_low(current);
+}
+
+static int timersd_should_run(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return local_pending_timers();
+}
+
+static void run_timersd(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	unsigned int timer_si;
+
+	ksoftirqd_run_begin();
+
+	timer_si = local_pending_timers();
+	__this_cpu_write(pending_timer_softirq, 0);
+	or_softirq_pending(timer_si);
+
+	__do_softirq();
+
+	ksoftirqd_run_end();
+}
+
+static void raise_ktimers_thread(unsigned int nr)
+{
+	trace_softirq_raise(nr);
+	__this_cpu_or(pending_timer_softirq, 1 << nr);
+}
+
+void raise_hrtimer_softirq(void)
+{
+	raise_ktimers_thread(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+}
+
+void raise_timer_softirq(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	raise_ktimers_thread(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+	wake_timersd();
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+static struct smp_hotplug_thread timer_threads = {
+	.store			= &timersd,
+	.setup			= timersd_setup,
+	.thread_should_run	= timersd_should_run,
+	.thread_fn		= run_timersd,
+	.thread_comm		= "ktimers/%u",
+};
+#endif
+
 static __init int spawn_ksoftirqd(void)
 {
 	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_SOFTIRQ_DEAD, "softirq:dead", NULL,
 				  takeover_tasklets);
 	BUG_ON(smpboot_register_percpu_thread(&softirq_threads));
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+	BUG_ON(smpboot_register_percpu_thread(&timer_threads));
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 early_initcall(spawn_ksoftirqd);
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index cddcd08ea827f..133d49f703d93 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ void hrtimer_interrupt(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 	if (!ktime_before(now, cpu_base->softirq_expires_next)) {
 		cpu_base->softirq_expires_next = KTIME_MAX;
 		cpu_base->softirq_activated = 1;
-		raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+		raise_hrtimer_softirq();
 	}
 
 	__hrtimer_run_queues(cpu_base, now, flags, HRTIMER_ACTIVE_HARD);
@@ -1906,7 +1906,7 @@ void hrtimer_run_queues(void)
 	if (!ktime_before(now, cpu_base->softirq_expires_next)) {
 		cpu_base->softirq_expires_next = KTIME_MAX;
 		cpu_base->softirq_activated = 1;
-		raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+		raise_hrtimer_softirq();
 	}
 
 	__hrtimer_run_queues(cpu_base, now, flags, HRTIMER_ACTIVE_HARD);
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 753a184c70907..efa3181607a2b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_restart(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
 
 static inline bool local_timer_softirq_pending(void)
 {
-	return local_softirq_pending() & BIT(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+	return local_pending_timers() & BIT(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 0fc9d066a7be4..79f0dc73ac436 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -2499,7 +2499,7 @@ static void run_local_timers(void)
 		 */
 		if (time_after_eq(jiffies, READ_ONCE(base->next_expiry)) ||
 		    (i == BASE_DEF && tmigr_requires_handle_remote())) {
-			raise_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
+			raise_timer_softirq();
 			return;
 		}
 	}
