--- a/include/linux/posix-timers.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static inline void posix_cputimers_init_
  * @kclock:		Pointer to the k_clock struct handling this timer
  * @it_clock:		The posix timer clock id
  * @it_id:		The posix timer id for identifying the timer
- * @it_active:		Marker that timer is active
+ * @it_status:		The status of the timer
  * @it_overrun:		The overrun counter for pending signals
  * @it_overrun_last:	The overrun at the time of the last delivered signal
  * @it_signal_seq:	Sequence count to control signal delivery
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct k_itimer {
 	const struct k_clock	*kclock;
 	clockid_t		it_clock;
 	timer_t			it_id;
-	int			it_active;
+	int			it_status;
 	s64			it_overrun;
 	s64			it_overrun_last;
 	unsigned int		it_signal_seq;
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static enum alarmtimer_restart alarm_han
 		 */
 		ptr->it_overrun += __alarm_forward_now(alarm, ptr->it_interval, true);
 		++ptr->it_signal_seq;
-		ptr->it_active = 1;
+		ptr->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_ARMED;
 		result = ALARMTIMER_RESTART;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ptr->it_lock, flags);
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -453,7 +453,6 @@ static void disarm_timer(struct k_itimer
 	struct cpu_timer *ctmr = &timer->it.cpu;
 	struct posix_cputimer_base *base;
 
-	timer->it_active = 0;
 	if (!cpu_timer_dequeue(ctmr))
 		return;
 
@@ -494,11 +493,12 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_del(struct k_
 		 */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(ctmr->head || timerqueue_node_queued(&ctmr->node));
 	} else {
-		if (timer->it.cpu.firing)
+		if (timer->it.cpu.firing) {
 			ret = TIMER_RETRY;
-		else
+		} else {
 			disarm_timer(timer, p);
-
+			timer->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_DISARMED;
+		}
 		unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
 	}
 
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static void arm_timer(struct k_itimer *t
 	struct cpu_timer *ctmr = &timer->it.cpu;
 	u64 newexp = cpu_timer_getexpires(ctmr);
 
-	timer->it_active = 1;
+	timer->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_ARMED;
 	if (!cpu_timer_enqueue(&base->tqhead, ctmr))
 		return;
 
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_
 		ret = TIMER_RETRY;
 	} else {
 		cpu_timer_dequeue(ctmr);
-		timer->it_active = 0;
+		timer->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_DISARMED;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ static u64 collect_timerqueue(struct tim
 		rcu_assign_pointer(ctmr->handling, current);
 		cpu_timer_dequeue(ctmr);
 		ktmr = container_of(ctmr, struct k_itimer, it.cpu);
-		ktmr->it_active = 0;
+		ktmr->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_DISARMED;
 		list_add_tail(&ctmr->elist, firing);
 	}
 
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ bool posixtimer_deliver_signal(struct ke
 	if (timr->it_interval && timr->it_signal_seq == info->si_sys_private) {
 		timr->kclock->timer_rearm(timr);
 
-		timr->it_active = 1;
+		timr->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_ARMED;
 		timr->it_overrun_last = timr->it_overrun;
 		timr->it_overrun = -1LL;
 		++timr->it_signal_seq;
@@ -292,14 +292,17 @@ bool posixtimer_deliver_signal(struct ke
 
 int posix_timer_queue_signal(struct k_itimer *timr)
 {
+	enum posix_timer_state state = POSIX_TIMER_DISARMED;
 	int ret, si_private = 0;
 	enum pid_type type;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&timr->it_lock);
 
-	timr->it_active = 0;
-	if (timr->it_interval)
+	if (timr->it_interval) {
+		state = POSIX_TIMER_REQUEUE_PENDING;
 		si_private = ++timr->it_signal_seq;
+	}
+	timr->it_status = state;
 
 	type = !(timr->it_sigev_notify & SIGEV_THREAD_ID) ? PIDTYPE_TGID : PIDTYPE_PID;
 	ret = send_sigqueue(timr->sigq, timr->it_pid, type, si_private);
@@ -367,7 +370,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart posix_timer_
 			timr->it_overrun += hrtimer_forward(timer, now, timr->it_interval);
 			ret = HRTIMER_RESTART;
 			++timr->it_signal_seq;
-			timr->it_active = 1;
+			timr->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_ARMED;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -642,10 +645,10 @@ void common_timer_get(struct k_itimer *t
 	bool iv = !!timr->it_interval;
 	ktime_t now, remaining;
 
-	if (!iv && !timr->it_active) {
+	if (!iv && timr->it_status == POSIX_TIMER_DISARMED) {
 		/*
 		 * SIGEV_NONE oneshot timers are never queued and therefore
-		 * timr->it_active is always false. The check below
+		 * timr->it_status is always DISARMED. The check below
 		 * vs. remaining time will handle this case.
 		 *
 		 * For all other timers there is nothing to update here, so
@@ -890,7 +893,7 @@ int common_timer_set(struct k_itimer *ti
 	if (kc->timer_try_to_cancel(timr) < 0)
 		return TIMER_RETRY;
 
-	timr->it_active = 0;
+	timr->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_DISARMED;
 	posix_timer_set_common(timr, new_setting);
 
 	/* Keep timer disarmed when it_value is zero */
@@ -903,7 +906,8 @@ int common_timer_set(struct k_itimer *ti
 	sigev_none = timr->it_sigev_notify == SIGEV_NONE;
 
 	kc->timer_arm(timr, expires, flags & TIMER_ABSTIME, sigev_none);
-	timr->it_active = !sigev_none;
+	if (!sigev_none)
+		timr->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_ARMED;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1002,7 +1006,7 @@ int common_timer_del(struct k_itimer *ti
 	timer->it_interval = 0;
 	if (kc->timer_try_to_cancel(timer) < 0)
 		return TIMER_RETRY;
-	timer->it_active = 0;
+	timer->it_status = POSIX_TIMER_DISARMED;
 	return 0;
 }
 
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.h
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.h
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #define TIMER_RETRY 1
 
+enum posix_timer_state {
+	POSIX_TIMER_DISARMED,
+	POSIX_TIMER_ARMED,
+	POSIX_TIMER_REQUEUE_PENDING,
+};
+
 struct k_clock {
 	int	(*clock_getres)(const clockid_t which_clock,
 				struct timespec64 *tp);
