diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6b974f5dc0b6..97d8fad7d6d6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bd729d72b428261f2975360e0c117d7d7a2cd6e8
+refs/heads/master: 5f9679d29c7959445d4af1eb85ee55e4ebad4a93
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/trunk/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index c55a16041b6e..167e68a9ffda 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ int rtc_set_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm)
 		err = -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
+	/* A timer might have just expired */
+	schedule_work(&rtc->irqwork);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtc_set_time);
@@ -112,6 +114,8 @@ int rtc_set_mmss(struct rtc_device *rtc, unsigned long secs)
 		err = -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
+	/* A timer might have just expired */
+	schedule_work(&rtc->irqwork);
 
 	return err;
 }