diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 799f360..00bb252 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1002,16 +1002,9 @@
 	struct thread_group_cputimer *cputimer = &sig->cputimer;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!cputimer->running)
-		return;
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cputimer->lock, flags);
 	cputimer->running = 0;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cputimer->lock, flags);
-
-	sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp = cputime_zero;
-	sig->cputime_expires.virt_exp = cputime_zero;
-	sig->cputime_expires.sched_exp = 0;
 }
 
 static u32 onecputick;
@@ -1048,6 +1041,23 @@
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * task_cputime_zero - Check a task_cputime struct for all zero fields.
+ *
+ * @cputime:	The struct to compare.
+ *
+ * Checks @cputime to see if all fields are zero.  Returns true if all fields
+ * are zero, false if any field is nonzero.
+ */
+static inline int task_cputime_zero(const struct task_cputime *cputime)
+{
+	if (cputime_eq(cputime->utime, cputime_zero) &&
+	    cputime_eq(cputime->stime, cputime_zero) &&
+	    cputime->sum_exec_runtime == 0)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check for any per-thread CPU timers that have fired and move them
  * off the tsk->*_timers list onto the firing list.  Per-thread timers
@@ -1065,19 +1075,6 @@
 	unsigned long soft;
 
 	/*
-	 * Don't sample the current process CPU clocks if there are no timers.
-	 */
-	if (list_empty(&timers[CPUCLOCK_PROF]) &&
-	    cputime_eq(sig->it[CPUCLOCK_PROF].expires, cputime_zero) &&
-	    sig->rlim[RLIMIT_CPU].rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY &&
-	    list_empty(&timers[CPUCLOCK_VIRT]) &&
-	    cputime_eq(sig->it[CPUCLOCK_VIRT].expires, cputime_zero) &&
-	    list_empty(&timers[CPUCLOCK_SCHED])) {
-		stop_process_timers(sig);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/*
 	 * Collect the current process totals.
 	 */
 	thread_group_cputimer(tsk, &cputime);
@@ -1166,18 +1163,11 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!cputime_eq(prof_expires, cputime_zero) &&
-	    (cputime_eq(sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp, cputime_zero) ||
-	     cputime_gt(sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp, prof_expires)))
-		sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp = prof_expires;
-	if (!cputime_eq(virt_expires, cputime_zero) &&
-	    (cputime_eq(sig->cputime_expires.virt_exp, cputime_zero) ||
-	     cputime_gt(sig->cputime_expires.virt_exp, virt_expires)))
-		sig->cputime_expires.virt_exp = virt_expires;
-	if (sched_expires != 0 &&
-	    (sig->cputime_expires.sched_exp == 0 ||
-	     sig->cputime_expires.sched_exp > sched_expires))
-		sig->cputime_expires.sched_exp = sched_expires;
+	sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp = prof_expires;
+	sig->cputime_expires.virt_exp = virt_expires;
+	sig->cputime_expires.sched_exp = sched_expires;
+	if (task_cputime_zero(&sig->cputime_expires))
+		stop_process_timers(sig);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1250,23 +1240,6 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * task_cputime_zero - Check a task_cputime struct for all zero fields.
- *
- * @cputime:	The struct to compare.
- *
- * Checks @cputime to see if all fields are zero.  Returns true if all fields
- * are zero, false if any field is nonzero.
- */
-static inline int task_cputime_zero(const struct task_cputime *cputime)
-{
-	if (cputime_eq(cputime->utime, cputime_zero) &&
-	    cputime_eq(cputime->stime, cputime_zero) &&
-	    cputime->sum_exec_runtime == 0)
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
  * task_cputime_expired - Compare two task_cputime entities.
  *
  * @sample:	The task_cputime structure to be checked for expiration.
@@ -1322,7 +1295,7 @@
 	}
 
 	sig = tsk->signal;
-	if (!task_cputime_zero(&sig->cputime_expires)) {
+	if (sig->cputimer.running) {
 		struct task_cputime group_sample;
 
 		thread_group_cputimer(tsk, &group_sample);
@@ -1359,7 +1332,12 @@
 	 * put them on the firing list.
 	 */
 	check_thread_timers(tsk, &firing);
-	check_process_timers(tsk, &firing);
+	/*
+	 * If there are any active process wide timers (POSIX 1.b, itimers,
+	 * RLIMIT_CPU) cputimer must be running.
+	 */
+	if (tsk->signal->cputimer.running)
+		check_process_timers(tsk, &firing);
 
 	/*
 	 * We must release these locks before taking any timer's lock.