diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 647a40e2fea1..f394d2a42ca3 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -501,6 +501,13 @@ static void hrtimer_force_reprogram(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base)
 			continue;
 		timer = rb_entry(base->first, struct hrtimer, node);
 		expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), base->offset);
+		/*
+		 * clock_was_set() has changed base->offset so the
+		 * result might be negative. Fix it up to prevent a
+		 * false positive in clockevents_program_event()
+		 */
+		if (expires.tv64 < 0)
+			expires.tv64 = 0;
 		if (expires.tv64 < cpu_base->expires_next.tv64)
 			cpu_base->expires_next = expires;
 	}