diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index c3c4ea1225a4..b1450cee6d6d 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -399,6 +399,21 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_del(struct k_itimer *timer)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void cleanup_timers_list(struct list_head *head,
+				unsigned long long curr)
+{
+	struct cpu_timer_list *timer, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(timer, next, head, entry) {
+		list_del_init(&timer->entry);
+		if (timer->expires < curr) {
+			timer->expires = 0;
+		} else {
+			timer->expires -= curr;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Clean out CPU timers still ticking when a thread exited.  The task
  * pointer is cleared, and the expiry time is replaced with the residual
@@ -409,37 +424,12 @@ static void cleanup_timers(struct list_head *head,
 			   cputime_t utime, cputime_t stime,
 			   unsigned long long sum_exec_runtime)
 {
-	struct cpu_timer_list *timer, *next;
+
 	cputime_t ptime = utime + stime;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(timer, next, head, entry) {
-		list_del_init(&timer->entry);
-		if (timer->expires < cputime_to_expires(ptime)) {
-			timer->expires = 0;
-		} else {
-			timer->expires -= cputime_to_expires(ptime);
-		}
-	}
-
-	++head;
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(timer, next, head, entry) {
-		list_del_init(&timer->entry);
-		if (timer->expires < cputime_to_expires(utime)) {
-			timer->expires = 0;
-		} else {
-			timer->expires -= cputime_to_expires(utime);
-		}
-	}
-
-	++head;
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(timer, next, head, entry) {
-		list_del_init(&timer->entry);
-		if (timer->expires < sum_exec_runtime) {
-			timer->expires = 0;
-		} else {
-			timer->expires -= sum_exec_runtime;
-		}
-	}
+	cleanup_timers_list(head, cputime_to_expires(ptime));
+	cleanup_timers_list(++head, cputime_to_expires(utime));
+	cleanup_timers_list(++head, sum_exec_runtime);
 }
 
 /*