diff --git a/kernel/time/itimer.c b/kernel/time/itimer.c
index 03a32dffc56c..f7de39769095 100644
--- a/kernel/time/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/itimer.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static void get_cpu_itimer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clock_id,
 		thread_group_sample_cputime(tsk, samples);
 		t = samples[clock_id];
 
-		if (val < t)
+		if (val <= t)
 			/* about to fire */
 			val = TICK_NSEC;
 		else