diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 14cdf1c3b99527c319fee9567808b3ca2838acbc..37ef06c19c31cbbede3fcf0efb30ea6d71f8fa00 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		if (rc)
 			return rc;
 	}
-	hrtimer_init(&vcpu->arch.ckc_timer, CLOCK_REALTIME, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+	hrtimer_init(&vcpu->arch.ckc_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 	vcpu->arch.ckc_timer.function = kvm_s390_idle_wakeup;
 	get_cpu_id(&vcpu->arch.cpu_id);
 	vcpu->arch.cpu_id.version = 0xff;