diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index d88b13076b79..a47bcf71defc 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -178,26 +178,6 @@ void tick_setup_periodic(struct clock_event_device *dev, int broadcast)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
-static void giveup_do_timer(void *info)
-{
-	int cpu = *(unsigned int *)info;
-
-	WARN_ON(tick_do_timer_cpu != smp_processor_id());
-
-	tick_do_timer_cpu = cpu;
-}
-
-static void tick_take_do_timer_from_boot(void)
-{
-	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	int from = tick_do_timer_boot_cpu;
-
-	if (from >= 0 && from != cpu)
-		smp_call_function_single(from, giveup_do_timer, &cpu, 1);
-}
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Setup the tick device
  */
@@ -221,19 +201,25 @@ static void tick_setup_device(struct tick_device *td,
 			tick_next_period = ktime_get();
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 			/*
-			 * The boot CPU may be nohz_full, in which case set
-			 * tick_do_timer_boot_cpu so the first housekeeping
-			 * secondary that comes up will take do_timer from
-			 * us.
+			 * The boot CPU may be nohz_full, in which case the
+			 * first housekeeping secondary will take do_timer()
+			 * from it.
 			 */
 			if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu))
 				tick_do_timer_boot_cpu = cpu;
 
-		} else if (tick_do_timer_boot_cpu != -1 &&
-						!tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu)) {
-			tick_take_do_timer_from_boot();
+		} else if (tick_do_timer_boot_cpu != -1 && !tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu)) {
 			tick_do_timer_boot_cpu = -1;
-			WARN_ON(READ_ONCE(tick_do_timer_cpu) != cpu);
+			/*
+			 * The boot CPU will stay in periodic (NOHZ disabled)
+			 * mode until clocksource_done_booting() called after
+			 * smp_init() selects a high resolution clocksource and
+			 * timekeeping_notify() kicks the NOHZ stuff alive.
+			 *
+			 * So this WRITE_ONCE can only race with the READ_ONCE
+			 * check in tick_periodic() but this race is harmless.
+			 */
+			WRITE_ONCE(tick_do_timer_cpu, cpu);
 #endif
 		}