1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 1cafba860b08..39008d78927a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ static void posix_cpu_timer_get(struct k_itimer *timer, struct itimerspec *itp)
                         timer->it.cpu.expires = 0;
                         sample_to_timespec(timer->it_clock, timer->it.cpu.expires,
                                            &itp->it_value);
+                        return;
                 } else {
                         cpu_timer_sample_group(timer->it_clock, p, &now);
                         unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);