diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 61c78b62fe6a1..5c71322b45c75 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1379,8 +1379,6 @@ void set_process_cpu_timer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clkid,
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (!*newval)
-			return;
 		*newval += now;
 	}