diff --git a/include/linux/clockchips.h b/include/linux/clockchips.h
index 494d33ea78f8..646aac136eed 100644
--- a/include/linux/clockchips.h
+++ b/include/linux/clockchips.h
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ extern void tick_broadcast(const struct cpumask *mask);
 extern int tick_receive_broadcast(void);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST) && defined(CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT)
+extern int tick_check_broadcast_expired(void);
+#else
+static inline int tick_check_broadcast_expired(void) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 extern void clockevents_notify(unsigned long reason, void *arg);
 #else
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
index 2100aad6b5f2..d76d816afc5d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -403,6 +403,18 @@ struct cpumask *tick_get_broadcast_oneshot_mask(void)
 	return tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called before going idle with interrupts disabled. Checks whether a
+ * broadcast event from the other core is about to happen. We detected
+ * that in tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(). The callsite can use this
+ * to avoid a deep idle transition as we are about to get the
+ * broadcast IPI right away.
+ */
+int tick_check_broadcast_expired(void)
+{
+	return cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), tick_broadcast_force_mask);
+}
+
 /*
  * Set broadcast interrupt affinity
  */