diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 3739ac6aa473..44d2cc0436f4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ void __init timekeeping_init(void)
 	set_normalized_timespec64(&tmp, -boot.tv_sec, -boot.tv_nsec);
 	tk_set_wall_to_mono(tk, tmp);
 
-	timekeeping_update(tk, TK_MIRROR);
+	timekeeping_update(tk, TK_MIRROR | TK_CLOCK_WAS_SET);
 
 	write_seqcount_end(&tk_core.seq);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timekeeper_lock, flags);