diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 0b36b9e5cc8b4e27f6adf89de403885cfe8a6687..a7f07d5a6241d882af4466ec3280a89f2681e8c9 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
 	 * networking code - if the timer is re-modified
 	 * to be the same thing then just return:
 	 */
-	if (timer->expires == expires && timer_pending(timer))
+	if (timer_pending(timer) && timer->expires == expires)
 		return 1;
 
 	return __mod_timer(timer, expires, false, TIMER_NOT_PINNED);