diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e0678b5e3451..eeaeb55accf4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 157e8bf8b4823bfcdefa6c1548002374b61f61df
+refs/heads/master: f423fc627b05f47bc9305f9661630fce30f208f9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/trunk/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index ed35a6b4753f..8e286259a007 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ 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);
@@ -114,8 +112,6 @@ 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;
 }
@@ -400,8 +396,6 @@ int rtc_initialize_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_wkalrm *alarm)
 		timerqueue_add(&rtc->timerqueue, &rtc->aie_timer.node);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
-	/* maybe that was in the past.*/
-	schedule_work(&rtc->irqwork);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtc_initialize_alarm);