diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index d6830d5ae730..071e093c4486 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1323,6 +1323,8 @@ retry:
 
 				expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer),
 						    base->offset);
+				if (expires.tv64 < 0)
+					expires.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
 				if (expires.tv64 < expires_next.tv64)
 					expires_next = expires;
 				break;