diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index 5095eb057680..ace51e08e72d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -511,6 +511,11 @@ init_temp_data(struct platform_data *pdata, unsigned int cpu, int pkg_flag)
 	tdata->cpu = cpu;
 	tdata->cpu_core_id = topology_core_id(cpu);
 	tdata->attr_size = MAX_CORE_ATTRS;
+	/*
+	 * A zero timestamp does not look stale on 32-bit, where jiffies
+	 * starts just short of wrapping. Backdate it instead.
+	 */
+	tdata->last_updated = jiffies - HZ - 1;
 	mutex_init(&tdata->update_lock);
 	return tdata;
 }