diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index ccf913038f9f0cb36fd694850f9ebacd55f61023..7c446fb5163a65938596264b70e231a11bd5fdbe 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1523,12 +1523,16 @@ u64 get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
 	is_max_delta = (nextevt == base->clk + NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA);
 	base->next_expiry = nextevt;
 	/*
-	 * We have a fresh next event. Check whether we can forward the base:
+	 * We have a fresh next event. Check whether we can forward the
+	 * base. We can only do that when @basej is past base->clk
+	 * otherwise we might rewind base->clk.
 	 */
-	if (time_after(nextevt, jiffies))
-		base->clk = jiffies;
-	else if (time_after(nextevt, base->clk))
-		base->clk = nextevt;
+	if (time_after(basej, base->clk)) {
+		if (time_after(nextevt, basej))
+			base->clk = basej;
+		else if (time_after(nextevt, base->clk))
+			base->clk = nextevt;
+	}
 
 	if (time_before_eq(nextevt, basej)) {
 		expires = basem;