diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 9f8af69c67ec..e947d968c5b5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ static void tick_do_update_jiffies64(ktime_t now)
 
 		/* Keep the tick_next_period variable up to date */
 		tick_next_period = ktime_add(last_jiffies_update, tick_period);
+	} else {
+		write_sequnlock(&jiffies_lock);
+		return;
 	}
 	write_sequnlock(&jiffies_lock);
 	update_wall_time();