diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
index 69b6be617772..924b2157882f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
@@ -99,18 +99,6 @@ extern void div128_by_32(u64 dividend_high, u64 dividend_low,
 extern void secondary_cpu_time_init(void);
 extern void __init time_init(void);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-static inline unsigned long test_irq_work_pending(void)
-{
-	unsigned long x;
-
-	asm volatile("lbz %0,%1(13)"
-		: "=r" (x)
-		: "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, irq_work_pending)));
-	return x;
-}
-#endif
-
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(u64, decrementers_next_tb);
 
 static inline u64 timer_get_next_tb(void)
@@ -118,6 +106,10 @@ static inline u64 timer_get_next_tb(void)
 	return __this_cpu_read(decrementers_next_tb);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE
+void timer_rearm_host_dec(u64 now);
+#endif
+
 /* Convert timebase ticks to nanoseconds */
 unsigned long long tb_to_ns(unsigned long long tb_ticks);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index 2769d565f842..f7cddb82938f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -498,6 +498,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(profile_pc);
  * 64-bit uses a byte in the PACA, 32-bit uses a per-cpu variable...
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+static inline unsigned long test_irq_work_pending(void)
+{
+	unsigned long x;
+
+	asm volatile("lbz %0,%1(13)"
+		: "=r" (x)
+		: "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, irq_work_pending)));
+	return x;
+}
+
 static inline void set_irq_work_pending_flag(void)
 {
 	asm volatile("stb %0,%1(13)" : :
@@ -541,13 +551,44 @@ void arch_irq_work_raise(void)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
+static void set_dec_or_work(u64 val)
+{
+	set_dec(val);
+	/* We may have raced with new irq work */
+	if (unlikely(test_irq_work_pending()))
+		set_dec(1);
+}
+
 #else  /* CONFIG_IRQ_WORK */
 
 #define test_irq_work_pending()	0
 #define clear_irq_work_pending()
 
+static void set_dec_or_work(u64 val)
+{
+	set_dec(val);
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_IRQ_WORK */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE
+void timer_rearm_host_dec(u64 now)
+{
+	u64 *next_tb = this_cpu_ptr(&decrementers_next_tb);
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!arch_irqs_disabled());
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(mfmsr() & MSR_EE);
+
+	if (now >= *next_tb) {
+		local_paca->irq_happened |= PACA_IRQ_DEC;
+	} else {
+		now = *next_tb - now;
+		if (now <= decrementer_max)
+			set_dec_or_work(now);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timer_rearm_host_dec);
+#endif
+
 /*
  * timer_interrupt - gets called when the decrementer overflows,
  * with interrupts disabled.
@@ -608,10 +649,7 @@ DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_ASYNC(timer_interrupt)
 	} else {
 		now = *next_tb - now;
 		if (now <= decrementer_max)
-			set_dec(now);
-		/* We may have raced with new irq work */
-		if (test_irq_work_pending())
-			set_dec(1);
+			set_dec_or_work(now);
 		__this_cpu_inc(irq_stat.timer_irqs_others);
 	}
 
@@ -845,11 +883,7 @@ static int decrementer_set_next_event(unsigned long evt,
 				      struct clock_event_device *dev)
 {
 	__this_cpu_write(decrementers_next_tb, get_tb() + evt);
-	set_dec(evt);
-
-	/* We may have raced with new irq work */
-	if (test_irq_work_pending())
-		set_dec(1);
+	set_dec_or_work(evt);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 5fc0c168a39a..1b556dbfcfc8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -4062,11 +4062,8 @@ static int kvmhv_p9_guest_entry(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit,
 	vc->entry_exit_map = 0x101;
 	vc->in_guest = 0;
 
-	next_timer = timer_get_next_tb();
-	set_dec(next_timer - tb);
-	/* We may have raced with new irq work */
-	if (test_irq_work_pending())
-		set_dec(1);
+	timer_rearm_host_dec(tb);
+
 	mtspr(SPRN_SPRG_VDSO_WRITE, local_paca->sprg_vdso);
 
 	kvmhv_load_host_pmu();