1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index 0ae8b9310cbf..589b98b7b216 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -758,7 +758,8 @@ static void acpi_thermal_check(void *data)
                         del_timer(&(tz->timer));
         } else {
                 if (timer_pending(&(tz->timer)))
-                        mod_timer(&(tz->timer), (HZ * sleep_time) / 1000);
+                        mod_timer(&(tz->timer),
+                                        jiffies + (HZ * sleep_time) / 1000);
                 else {
                         tz->timer.data = (unsigned long)tz;
                         tz->timer.function = acpi_thermal_run;