diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 78b74ba17592..a5c927e7bae6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2972,7 +2972,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart apic_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *data)
 
 	if (lapic_is_periodic(apic) && !WARN_ON_ONCE(!apic->lapic_timer.period)) {
 		advance_periodic_target_expiration(apic);
-		hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&ktimer->timer, ktimer->period);
+		hrtimer_set_expires(&ktimer->timer, ktimer->target_expiration);
 		return HRTIMER_RESTART;
 	} else
 		return HRTIMER_NORESTART;