diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index ec09ce9a6012b0a0cdf5299fcbad8a813433d1e1..639321bf2e397934b1b9ec53c241c81bf9c074d1 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -326,6 +326,17 @@ static int alarmtimer_resume(struct device *dev)
 }
 #endif
 
+static void
+__alarm_init(struct alarm *alarm, enum alarmtimer_type type,
+	     enum alarmtimer_restart (*function)(struct alarm *, ktime_t))
+{
+	timerqueue_init(&alarm->node);
+	alarm->timer.function = alarmtimer_fired;
+	alarm->function = function;
+	alarm->type = type;
+	alarm->state = ALARMTIMER_STATE_INACTIVE;
+}
+
 /**
  * alarm_init - Initialize an alarm structure
  * @alarm: ptr to alarm to be initialized
@@ -335,13 +346,9 @@ static int alarmtimer_resume(struct device *dev)
 void alarm_init(struct alarm *alarm, enum alarmtimer_type type,
 		enum alarmtimer_restart (*function)(struct alarm *, ktime_t))
 {
-	timerqueue_init(&alarm->node);
 	hrtimer_init(&alarm->timer, alarm_bases[type].base_clockid,
-			HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
-	alarm->timer.function = alarmtimer_fired;
-	alarm->function = function;
-	alarm->type = type;
-	alarm->state = ALARMTIMER_STATE_INACTIVE;
+		     HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+	__alarm_init(alarm, type, function);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_init);
 
@@ -719,6 +726,8 @@ static int alarmtimer_do_nsleep(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t absexp,
 
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
+	destroy_hrtimer_on_stack(&alarm->timer);
+
 	if (!alarm->data)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -740,6 +749,15 @@ static int alarmtimer_do_nsleep(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t absexp,
 	return -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK;
 }
 
+static void
+alarm_init_on_stack(struct alarm *alarm, enum alarmtimer_type type,
+		    enum alarmtimer_restart (*function)(struct alarm *, ktime_t))
+{
+	hrtimer_init_on_stack(&alarm->timer, alarm_bases[type].base_clockid,
+			      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+	__alarm_init(alarm, type, function);
+}
+
 /**
  * alarm_timer_nsleep_restart - restartblock alarmtimer nsleep
  * @restart: ptr to restart block
@@ -752,7 +770,7 @@ static long __sched alarm_timer_nsleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart)
 	ktime_t exp = restart->nanosleep.expires;
 	struct alarm alarm;
 
-	alarm_init(&alarm, type, alarmtimer_nsleep_wakeup);
+	alarm_init_on_stack(&alarm, type, alarmtimer_nsleep_wakeup);
 
 	return alarmtimer_do_nsleep(&alarm, exp, type);
 }
@@ -784,7 +802,7 @@ static int alarm_timer_nsleep(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,
 	if (!capable(CAP_WAKE_ALARM))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	alarm_init(&alarm, type, alarmtimer_nsleep_wakeup);
+	alarm_init_on_stack(&alarm, type, alarmtimer_nsleep_wakeup);
 
 	exp = timespec64_to_ktime(*tsreq);
 	/* Convert (if necessary) to absolute time */