diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 154a722450fb..f582dd2e6ff3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5eb9aa6414bdab6d075a8763bc3b647181ef3aab
+refs/heads/master: ae1a78eecc45fe41215d9dbfd7079999455772d6
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/trunk/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 7c7166f766cc..cce2f0b2d406 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timer, int flags,
 			struct itimerspec *new, struct itimerspec *old)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p = timer->it.cpu.task;
-	union cpu_time_count old_expires, new_expires, val;
+	union cpu_time_count old_expires, new_expires, old_incr, val;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(p == NULL)) {
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timer, int flags,
 	BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
 
 	ret = 0;
+	old_incr = timer->it.cpu.incr;
 	spin_lock(&p->sighand->siglock);
 	old_expires = timer->it.cpu.expires;
 	if (unlikely(timer->it.cpu.firing)) {
@@ -822,7 +823,7 @@ int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timer, int flags,
  out:
 	if (old) {
 		sample_to_timespec(timer->it_clock,
-				   timer->it.cpu.incr, &old->it_interval);
+				   old_incr, &old->it_interval);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }