if (idle)
                goto out_unlock;
 
+       /*
+        * if we have relooped after returning idle once, we need to update our
+        * status as actually running, so that other cpus doing
+        * __start_cfs_bandwidth will stop trying to cancel us.
+        */
+       cfs_b->timer_active = 1;
+
        __refill_cfs_bandwidth_runtime(cfs_b);
 
        if (!throttled) {
         * (timer_active==0 becomes visible before the hrtimer call-back
         * terminates).  In either case we ensure that it's re-programmed
         */
-       while (unlikely(hrtimer_active(&cfs_b->period_timer))) {
+       while (unlikely(hrtimer_active(&cfs_b->period_timer)) &&
+              hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&cfs_b->period_timer) < 0) {
+               /* bounce the lock to allow do_sched_cfs_period_timer to run */
                raw_spin_unlock(&cfs_b->lock);
-               /* ensure cfs_b->lock is available while we wait */
-               hrtimer_cancel(&cfs_b->period_timer);
-
+               cpu_relax();
                raw_spin_lock(&cfs_b->lock);
                /* if someone else restarted the timer then we're done */
                if (cfs_b->timer_active)