diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 9a8e81bc4ec2..b51b36e533c4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -839,6 +839,8 @@ static int alarm_timer_nsleep(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,
 		ktime_t now = alarm_bases[type].get_ktime();
 
 		exp = ktime_add_safe(now, exp);
+	} else {
+		exp = timens_ktime_to_host(which_clock, exp);
 	}
 
 	ret = alarmtimer_do_nsleep(&alarm, exp, type);