diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 2f86424fa515..383ba22f0b62 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static inline union cpu_time_count cpu_time_sub(clockid_t which_clock,
  * Update expiry time from increment, and increase overrun count,
  * given the current clock sample.
  */
-static inline void bump_cpu_timer(struct k_itimer *timer,
+static void bump_cpu_timer(struct k_itimer *timer,
 				  union cpu_time_count now)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static inline void bump_cpu_timer(struct k_itimer *timer,
 		for (i = 0; incr < delta - incr; i++)
 			incr = incr << 1;
 		for (; i >= 0; incr >>= 1, i--) {
-			if (delta <= incr)
+			if (delta < incr)
 				continue;
 			timer->it.cpu.expires.sched += incr;
 			timer->it_overrun += 1 << i;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static inline void bump_cpu_timer(struct k_itimer *timer,
 		for (i = 0; cputime_lt(incr, cputime_sub(delta, incr)); i++)
 			     incr = cputime_add(incr, incr);
 		for (; i >= 0; incr = cputime_halve(incr), i--) {
-			if (cputime_le(delta, incr))
+			if (cputime_lt(delta, incr))
 				continue;
 			timer->it.cpu.expires.cpu =
 				cputime_add(timer->it.cpu.expires.cpu, incr);