diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index 4b9127e95430b7acb097747e3a8552b2cff68d81..5a01c4fdbfef40337a5a06b9944391820df8d5cd 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -289,9 +289,6 @@ static void common_hrtimer_rearm(struct k_itimer *timr)
 {
 	struct hrtimer *timer = &timr->it.real.timer;
 
-	if (!timr->it_interval)
-		return;
-
 	timr->it_overrun += hrtimer_forward(timer, timer->base->get_time(),
 					    timr->it_interval);
 	hrtimer_restart(timer);
@@ -317,7 +314,7 @@ void posixtimer_rearm(struct siginfo *info)
 	if (!timr)
 		return;
 
-	if (timr->it_requeue_pending == info->si_sys_private) {
+	if (timr->it_interval && timr->it_requeue_pending == info->si_sys_private) {
 		timr->kclock->timer_rearm(timr);
 
 		timr->it_active = 1;