diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 41a92539683032358fe3a93a69a397e9a7d9228f..a7077d3ae52fe2e9bcd43bf076d748eb5bf6ef2a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -464,8 +464,12 @@ static enum alarmtimer_type clock2alarm(clockid_t clockid)
 static enum alarmtimer_restart alarm_handle_timer(struct alarm *alarm,
 							ktime_t now)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct k_itimer *ptr = container_of(alarm, struct k_itimer,
 						it.alarm.alarmtimer);
+	enum alarmtimer_restart result = ALARMTIMER_NORESTART;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ptr->it_lock, flags);
 	if ((ptr->it_sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_THREAD_ID) != SIGEV_NONE) {
 		if (posix_timer_event(ptr, 0) != 0)
 			ptr->it_overrun++;
@@ -475,9 +479,11 @@ static enum alarmtimer_restart alarm_handle_timer(struct alarm *alarm,
 	if (ptr->it.alarm.interval.tv64) {
 		ptr->it_overrun += alarm_forward(alarm, now,
 						ptr->it.alarm.interval);
-		return ALARMTIMER_RESTART;
+		result = ALARMTIMER_RESTART;
 	}
-	return ALARMTIMER_NORESTART;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ptr->it_lock, flags);
+
+	return result;
 }
 
 /**