diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 31a14e8..39019b3f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
 							   incr * ticks);
 		}
 		do_timer(++ticks);
+
+		/* Keep the tick_next_period variable up to date */
+		tick_next_period = ktime_add(last_jiffies_update, tick_period);
 	}
 	write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock);
 }