diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 1a22dfd..d01e0a3 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -11,19 +11,18 @@
 #include <trace/events/timer.h>
 
 /*
- * Called after updating RLIMIT_CPU to set timer expiration if necessary.
+ * Called after updating RLIMIT_CPU to run cpu timer and update
+ * tsk->signal->cputime_expires expiration cache if necessary. Needs
+ * siglock protection since other code may update expiration cache as
+ * well.
  */
 void update_rlimit_cpu(unsigned long rlim_new)
 {
 	cputime_t cputime = secs_to_cputime(rlim_new);
-	struct signal_struct *const sig = current->signal;
 
-	if (cputime_eq(sig->it[CPUCLOCK_PROF].expires, cputime_zero) ||
-	    cputime_gt(sig->it[CPUCLOCK_PROF].expires, cputime)) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-		set_process_cpu_timer(current, CPUCLOCK_PROF, &cputime, NULL);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	}
+	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_process_cpu_timer(current, CPUCLOCK_PROF, &cputime, NULL);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 }
 
 static int check_clock(const clockid_t which_clock)
@@ -564,7 +563,6 @@
 	struct list_head *head, *listpos;
 	struct cpu_timer_list *const nt = &timer->it.cpu;
 	struct cpu_timer_list *next;
-	unsigned long i;
 
 	head = (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(timer->it_clock) ?
 		p->cpu_timers : p->signal->cpu_timers);
@@ -630,20 +628,11 @@
 			default:
 				BUG();
 			case CPUCLOCK_VIRT:
-				if (expires_le(sig->it[CPUCLOCK_VIRT].expires,
-					       exp->cpu))
-					break;
-				sig->cputime_expires.virt_exp = exp->cpu;
-				break;
+				if (expires_gt(sig->cputime_expires.virt_exp, exp->cpu))
+					sig->cputime_expires.virt_exp = exp->cpu;
 			case CPUCLOCK_PROF:
-				if (expires_le(sig->it[CPUCLOCK_PROF].expires,
-					       exp->cpu))
-					break;
-				i = sig->rlim[RLIMIT_CPU].rlim_cur;
-				if (i != RLIM_INFINITY &&
-				    i <= cputime_to_secs(exp->cpu))
-					break;
-				sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp = exp->cpu;
+				if (expires_gt(sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp, exp->cpu))
+					sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp = exp->cpu;
 				break;
 			case CPUCLOCK_SCHED:
 				sig->cputime_expires.sched_exp = exp->sched;
@@ -1386,7 +1375,7 @@
 			return 1;
 	}
 
-	return sig->rlim[RLIMIT_CPU].rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1452,21 +1441,23 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Set one of the process-wide special case CPU timers.
+ * Set one of the process-wide special case CPU timers or RLIMIT_CPU.
  * The tsk->sighand->siglock must be held by the caller.
- * The *newval argument is relative and we update it to be absolute, *oldval
- * is absolute and we update it to be relative.
  */
 void set_process_cpu_timer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clock_idx,
 			   cputime_t *newval, cputime_t *oldval)
 {
 	union cpu_time_count now;
-	struct list_head *head;
 
 	BUG_ON(clock_idx == CPUCLOCK_SCHED);
 	cpu_timer_sample_group(clock_idx, tsk, &now);
 
 	if (oldval) {
+		/*
+		 * We are setting itimer. The *oldval is absolute and we update
+		 * it to be relative, *newval argument is relative and we update
+		 * it to be absolute.
+		 */
 		if (!cputime_eq(*oldval, cputime_zero)) {
 			if (cputime_le(*oldval, now.cpu)) {
 				/* Just about to fire. */
@@ -1479,33 +1470,21 @@
 		if (cputime_eq(*newval, cputime_zero))
 			return;
 		*newval = cputime_add(*newval, now.cpu);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the RLIMIT_CPU timer will expire before the
-		 * ITIMER_PROF timer, we have nothing else to do.
-		 */
-		if (tsk->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_CPU].rlim_cur
-		    < cputime_to_secs(*newval))
-			return;
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Check whether there are any process timers already set to fire
-	 * before this one.  If so, we don't have anything more to do.
+	 * Update expiration cache if we are the earliest timer, or eventually
+	 * RLIMIT_CPU limit is earlier than prof_exp cpu timer expire.
 	 */
-	head = &tsk->signal->cpu_timers[clock_idx];
-	if (list_empty(head) ||
-	    cputime_ge(list_first_entry(head,
-				  struct cpu_timer_list, entry)->expires.cpu,
-		       *newval)) {
-		switch (clock_idx) {
-		case CPUCLOCK_PROF:
+	switch (clock_idx) {
+	case CPUCLOCK_PROF:
+		if (expires_gt(tsk->signal->cputime_expires.prof_exp, *newval))
 			tsk->signal->cputime_expires.prof_exp = *newval;
-			break;
-		case CPUCLOCK_VIRT:
+		break;
+	case CPUCLOCK_VIRT:
+		if (expires_gt(tsk->signal->cputime_expires.virt_exp, *newval))
 			tsk->signal->cputime_expires.virt_exp = *newval;
-			break;
-		}
+		break;
 	}
 }