1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index ea2f48af83cf..d13be216a790 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ void clockevents_set_mode(struct clock_event_device *dev,
         if (dev->mode != mode) {
                 dev->set_mode(mode, dev);
                 dev->mode = mode;
+
+                /*
+                 * A nsec2cyc multiplicator of 0 is invalid and we'd crash
+                 * on it, so fix it up and emit a warning:
+                 */
+                if (mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT) {
+                        if (unlikely(!dev->mult)) {
+                                dev->mult = 1;
+                                WARN_ON(1);
+                        }
+                }
         }
 }
 
@@ -168,15 +179,6 @@ void clockevents_register_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
         BUG_ON(dev->mode != CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED);
         BUG_ON(!dev->cpumask);
 
-        /*
-         * A nsec2cyc multiplicator of 0 is invalid and we'd crash
-         * on it, so fix it up and emit a warning:
-         */
-        if (unlikely(!dev->mult)) {
-                dev->mult = 1;
-                WARN_ON(1);
-        }
-
         spin_lock(&clockevents_lock);
 
         list_add(&dev->list, &clockevent_devices);