diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
index dbd69052eaa6..a5538dd76a81 100644
--- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(void), int bits, unsigned long rate)
 
 	if (sched_clock_timer.function != NULL) {
 		/* update timeout for clock wrap */
-		hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+		hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt,
+			      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
 	}
 
 	r = rate;
@@ -251,9 +252,9 @@ void __init generic_sched_clock_init(void)
 	 * Start the timer to keep sched_clock() properly updated and
 	 * sets the initial epoch.
 	 */
-	hrtimer_init(&sched_clock_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+	hrtimer_init(&sched_clock_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
 	sched_clock_timer.function = sched_clock_poll;
-	hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+	hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ void sched_clock_resume(void)
 	struct clock_read_data *rd = &cd.read_data[0];
 
 	rd->epoch_cyc = cd.actual_read_sched_clock();
-	hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+	hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
 	rd->read_sched_clock = cd.actual_read_sched_clock;
 }