diff --git a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
index ff37caccafce2108e45a72570e78292424b04324..88986c979b0ff59b9b2ac0330e8f41c30f326ce0 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ enum cpuhp_state {
 	CPUHP_AP_MIPS_GIC_TIMER_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_KVM_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_KVM_ARM_VGIC_STARTING,
+	CPUHP_AP_KVM_ARM_TIMER_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_LEDTRIG_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_NOTIFY_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_ONLINE,
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
index e2d5b6f988fb60b00aed69bff82118c0ba787ee7..4fde8c7dfcfe18ce2a0d96ffb465d177ed590e86 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
@@ -405,26 +405,17 @@ u64 kvm_arm_timer_get_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 regid)
 	return (u64)-1;
 }
 
-static int kvm_timer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-				unsigned long action, void *cpu)
+static int kvm_timer_starting_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	switch (action) {
-	case CPU_STARTING:
-	case CPU_STARTING_FROZEN:
-		kvm_timer_init_interrupt(NULL);
-		break;
-	case CPU_DYING:
-	case CPU_DYING_FROZEN:
-		disable_percpu_irq(host_vtimer_irq);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
+	kvm_timer_init_interrupt(NULL);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block kvm_timer_cpu_nb = {
-	.notifier_call = kvm_timer_cpu_notify,
-};
+static int kvm_timer_dying_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	disable_percpu_irq(host_vtimer_irq);
+	return 0;
+}
 
 int kvm_timer_hyp_init(void)
 {
@@ -449,12 +440,6 @@ int kvm_timer_hyp_init(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	err = __register_cpu_notifier(&kvm_timer_cpu_nb);
-	if (err) {
-		kvm_err("Cannot register timer CPU notifier\n");
-		goto out_free;
-	}
-
 	wqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("kvm_arch_timer");
 	if (!wqueue) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -462,8 +447,10 @@ int kvm_timer_hyp_init(void)
 	}
 
 	kvm_info("virtual timer IRQ%d\n", host_vtimer_irq);
-	on_each_cpu(kvm_timer_init_interrupt, NULL, 1);
 
+	cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_KVM_ARM_TIMER_STARTING,
+			  "AP_KVM_ARM_TIMER_STARTING", kvm_timer_starting_cpu,
+			  kvm_timer_dying_cpu);
 	goto out;
 out_free:
 	free_percpu_irq(host_vtimer_irq, kvm_get_running_vcpus());