diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 7845d480c293..bea304d48cdb 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/personality.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
 	while (1) {
+		tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick();
 		while (!need_resched()) {
 			void (*idle)(void);
 
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 			idle();
 			__exit_idle();
 		}
+		tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick();
 		preempt_enable_no_resched();
 		schedule();
 		preempt_disable();