1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/time.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/time.c
index 62769df36db1..fea91313678b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/time.c
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ static int v2_set_next_event(unsigned long evt,
 
         __raw_writel(tcmp, timer_base + V2_TCMP);
 
-        return (int)(tcmp - __raw_readl(timer_base + V2_TCN)) < 0 ?
+        return evt < 0x7fffffff &&
+                (int)(tcmp - __raw_readl(timer_base + V2_TCN)) < 0 ?
                                 -ETIME : 0;
 }