diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index 8cec9a02c0b8937fdcdca2fdd80d14dba4e79b7c..9eb32ead63dbeaa8d675c4118ff48521fcda5949 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static int rtc_timer_enqueue(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_timer *timer)
 	}
 
 	timerqueue_add(&rtc->timerqueue, &timer->node);
-	if (!next) {
+	if (!next || ktime_before(timer->node.expires, next->expires)) {
 		struct rtc_wkalrm alarm;
 		int err;
 		alarm.time = rtc_ktime_to_tm(timer->node.expires);