diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index 80c350216ea8e159f2a22837efeb33c38b87a260..b46ffa94372a58b600660a106a2a92545252f5f1 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -333,8 +333,7 @@ static long timerfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg
 		spin_lock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
 		if (!timerfd_canceled(ctx)) {
 			ctx->ticks = ticks;
-			if (ticks)
-				wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+			wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
 		} else
 			ret = -ECANCELED;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);