diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
index 4927355f9cbe51e086db1a144190c0bda1944733..471b428d8034ce5af3e2fc8993fca63df27b68f9 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
@@ -251,9 +251,14 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	int irq_reenable = clockevent_state_periodic(evt);
 
 	/*
-	 * Any write to CTRL reg ACks the interrupt, we rewrite the
-	 * Count when [N]ot [H]alted bit.
-	 * And re-arm it if perioid by [I]nterrupt [E]nable bit
+	 * 1. ACK the interrupt
+	 *    - For ARC700, any write to CTRL reg ACKs it, so just rewrite
+	 *      Count when [N]ot [H]alted bit.
+	 *    - For HS3x, it is a bit subtle. On taken count-down interrupt,
+	 *      IP bit [3] is set, which needs to be cleared for ACK'ing.
+	 *      The write below can only update the other two bits, hence
+	 *      explicitly clears IP bit
+	 * 2. Re-arm interrupt if periodic by writing to IE bit [0]
 	 */
 	write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_TIMER0_CTRL, irq_reenable | TIMER_CTRL_NH);
 
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
index 3ee7e6fea6212668d8a9a4d4c1e5c52aedab58fb..846d18daf893b03d926276ba454a5babca7cc75d 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int __init __ftm_clk_init(struct device_node *np, char *cnt_name,
 
 static unsigned long __init ftm_clk_init(struct device_node *np)
 {
-	unsigned long freq;
+	long freq;
 
 	freq = __ftm_clk_init(np, "ftm-evt-counter-en", "ftm-evt");
 	if (freq <= 0)
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
index 65e18c86d9b9c1724394f63861752f5bd74645b7..986b6796b631f77daa26e3b300d901c2ae00da22 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int __init __gic_clocksource_init(void)
 
 	/* Set clocksource mask. */
 	count_width = read_gic_config() & GIC_CONFIG_COUNTBITS;
-	count_width >>= __fls(GIC_CONFIG_COUNTBITS);
+	count_width >>= __ffs(GIC_CONFIG_COUNTBITS);
 	count_width *= 4;
 	count_width += 32;
 	gic_clocksource.mask = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(count_width);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 48150ab42de96449051b5e441cb405ef1a09445c..4a4fd567fb26654bc96d6fddc31c7ba0da7cd409 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1894,6 +1894,12 @@ int timers_dead_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 		raw_spin_lock_irq(&new_base->lock);
 		raw_spin_lock_nested(&old_base->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
+		/*
+		 * The current CPUs base clock might be stale. Update it
+		 * before moving the timers over.
+		 */
+		forward_timer_base(new_base);
+
 		BUG_ON(old_base->running_timer);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < WHEEL_SIZE; i++)