1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index 713ef94eceef..1ecd6ba36d6c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ int clockevents_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires,
         if (dev->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN)
                 return 0;
 
+        /* Shortcut for clockevent devices that can deal with ktime. */
+        if (dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_KTIME)
+                return dev->set_next_ktime(expires, dev);
+
         delta = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(expires, ktime_get()));
         if (delta <= 0)
                 return force ? clockevents_program_min_delta(dev) : -ETIME;