diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c
index 0b6645509c86ade7f0730f484e1c4538bdaea9d2..a99a0b554eb8862a1f16b817448b6eb7e36425d5 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int m48t59_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
 	dev_dbg(dev, "RTC read time %04d-%02d-%02d %02d/%02d/%02d\n",
 		tm->tm_year + 1900, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_mday,
 		tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec);
-	return 0;
+	return rtc_valid_tm(tm);
 }
 
 static int m48t59_rtc_set_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int m48t59_rtc_readalarm(struct device *dev, struct rtc_wkalrm *alrm)
 	dev_dbg(dev, "RTC read alarm time %04d-%02d-%02d %02d/%02d/%02d\n",
 		tm->tm_year + 1900, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_mday,
 		tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec);
-	return 0;
+	return rtc_valid_tm(tm);
 }
 
 /*