* handler yet has not finished. This also guarantees that
                 * the timer is serialized wrt itself.
                 */
-               if (unlikely(base->running_timer == timer)) {
-                       /* The timer remains on a former base */
-                       new_base = base;
-               } else {
+               if (likely(base->running_timer != timer)) {
                        /* See the comment in lock_timer_base() */
                        timer->base = NULL;
                        spin_unlock(&base->lock);
-                       spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
-                       timer->base = new_base;
+                       base = new_base;
+                       spin_lock(&base->lock);
+                       timer->base = base;
                }
        }
 
        timer->expires = expires;
-       internal_add_timer(new_base, timer);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&new_base->lock, flags);
+       internal_add_timer(base, timer);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags);
 
        return ret;
 }