diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5d404b071f6c..865394ed1a57 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 30f1e3dd8c72abda343bcf415f7d8894a02b4290
+refs/heads/master: f53ae1dc3429529a58aa538e0a860d713c7079c3
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/trunk/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 4882bf1e094a..d38d9ec3276c 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -555,9 +555,6 @@ static void arm_timer(struct k_itimer *timer, union cpu_time_count now)
 	struct cpu_timer_list *next;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(timer->it_clock)	&& (p->flags & PF_EXITING))
-		return;
-
 	head = (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(timer->it_clock) ?
 		p->cpu_timers : p->signal->cpu_timers);
 	head += CPUCLOCK_WHICH(timer->it_clock);