diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 30e061b210b7..eacb0ca30193 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1201,6 +1201,8 @@ void set_process_cpu_timer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clkid,
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (!*newval)
+			return;
 		*newval += now;
 	}