diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 7488f0b97dee..051855fe68bc 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ static void timekeeping_adjust(struct timekeeper *tk, s64 offset)
 static inline unsigned int accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(struct timekeeper *tk)
 {
 	u64 nsecps = (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << tk->shift;
-	unsigned int action = 0;
+	unsigned int clock_set = 0;
 
 	while (tk->xtime_nsec >= nsecps) {
 		int leap;
@@ -1279,10 +1279,10 @@ static inline unsigned int accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(struct timekeeper *tk)
 			__timekeeping_set_tai_offset(tk, tk->tai_offset - leap);
 
 			clock_was_set_delayed();
-			action = TK_CLOCK_WAS_SET;
+			clock_set = TK_CLOCK_WAS_SET;
 		}
 	}
-	return action;
+	return clock_set;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1295,7 +1295,8 @@ static inline unsigned int accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(struct timekeeper *tk)
  * Returns the unconsumed cycles.
  */
 static cycle_t logarithmic_accumulation(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t offset,
-						u32 shift)
+						u32 shift,
+						unsigned int *clock_set)
 {
 	cycle_t interval = tk->cycle_interval << shift;
 	u64 raw_nsecs;
@@ -1309,7 +1310,7 @@ static cycle_t logarithmic_accumulation(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t offset,
 	tk->cycle_last += interval;
 
 	tk->xtime_nsec += tk->xtime_interval << shift;
-	accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(tk);
+	*clock_set |= accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(tk);
 
 	/* Accumulate raw time */
 	raw_nsecs = (u64)tk->raw_interval << shift;
@@ -1367,7 +1368,7 @@ static void update_wall_time(void)
 	struct timekeeper *tk = &shadow_timekeeper;
 	cycle_t offset;
 	int shift = 0, maxshift;
-	unsigned int action;
+	unsigned int clock_set = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&timekeeper_lock, flags);
@@ -1402,7 +1403,8 @@ static void update_wall_time(void)
 	maxshift = (64 - (ilog2(ntp_tick_length())+1)) - 1;
 	shift = min(shift, maxshift);
 	while (offset >= tk->cycle_interval) {
-		offset = logarithmic_accumulation(tk, offset, shift);
+		offset = logarithmic_accumulation(tk, offset, shift,
+							&clock_set);
 		if (offset < tk->cycle_interval<<shift)
 			shift--;
 	}
@@ -1420,7 +1422,7 @@ static void update_wall_time(void)
 	 * Finally, make sure that after the rounding
 	 * xtime_nsec isn't larger than NSEC_PER_SEC
 	 */
-	action = accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(tk);
+	clock_set |= accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(tk);
 
 	write_seqcount_begin(&timekeeper_seq);
 	/* Update clock->cycle_last with the new value */
@@ -1436,7 +1438,7 @@ static void update_wall_time(void)
 	 * updating.
 	 */
 	memcpy(real_tk, tk, sizeof(*tk));
-	timekeeping_update(real_tk, action);
+	timekeeping_update(real_tk, clock_set);
 	write_seqcount_end(&timekeeper_seq);
 out:
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timekeeper_lock, flags);