1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 2b6e1757aedd..5ae51f1bc7c8 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -418,8 +418,19 @@ hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
         /* Switch the timer base, if necessary: */
         new_base = switch_hrtimer_base(timer, base);
 
-        if (mode == HRTIMER_REL)
+        if (mode == HRTIMER_REL) {
                 tim = ktime_add(tim, new_base->get_time());
+                /*
+                 * CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES is a temporary way for architectures
+                 * to signal that they simply return xtime in
+                 * do_gettimeoffset(). In this case we want to round up by
+                 * resolution when starting a relative timer, to avoid short
+                 * timeouts. This will go away with the GTOD framework.
+                 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES
+                tim = ktime_add(tim, base->resolution);
+#endif
+        }
         timer->expires = tim;
 
         enqueue_hrtimer(timer, new_base);