diff --git a/src/thread.c b/src/thread.c
index 402ed66acb9c63a2569020a25c111b45152d84b3..34e96077d1a3f4fe653cb4df04932f0baf955c1e 100644
--- a/src/thread.c
+++ b/src/thread.c
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ rt_err_t rt_thread_delay_until(rt_tick_t *tick, rt_tick_t inc_tick)
 {
     register rt_base_t level;
     struct rt_thread *thread;
+    rt_tick_t cur_tick;
 
     RT_ASSERT(tick != RT_NULL);
 
@@ -584,15 +585,19 @@ rt_err_t rt_thread_delay_until(rt_tick_t *tick, rt_tick_t inc_tick)
     /* disable interrupt */
     level = rt_hw_interrupt_disable();
 
-    if (rt_tick_get() - *tick < inc_tick)
+    cur_tick = rt_tick_get();
+    if (cur_tick - *tick < inc_tick)
     {
-        *tick = *tick + inc_tick - rt_tick_get();
+        rt_tick_t left_tick;
+
+        *tick += inc_tick;
+        left_tick = *tick - cur_tick;
 
         /* suspend thread */
         rt_thread_suspend(thread);
 
         /* reset the timeout of thread timer and start it */
-        rt_timer_control(&(thread->thread_timer), RT_TIMER_CTRL_SET_TIME, tick);
+        rt_timer_control(&(thread->thread_timer), RT_TIMER_CTRL_SET_TIME, &left_tick);
         rt_timer_start(&(thread->thread_timer));
 
         /* enable interrupt */
@@ -608,12 +613,10 @@ rt_err_t rt_thread_delay_until(rt_tick_t *tick, rt_tick_t inc_tick)
     }
     else
     {
+        *tick = cur_tick;
         rt_hw_interrupt_enable(level);
     }
 
-    /* get the wakeup tick */
-    *tick = rt_tick_get();
-
     return RT_EOK;
 }
 RTM_EXPORT(rt_thread_delay_until);