diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 9a838d38dbe67ecf5f22f96678f365f51cbd816f..df1ff803acc4ff1338c535b58e2b78e160a8d308 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ static int calc_wheel_index(unsigned long expires, unsigned long clk)
 		 * Force expire obscene large timeouts to expire at the
 		 * capacity limit of the wheel.
 		 */
-		if (expires >= WHEEL_TIMEOUT_CUTOFF)
-			expires = WHEEL_TIMEOUT_MAX;
+		if (delta >= WHEEL_TIMEOUT_CUTOFF)
+			expires = clk + WHEEL_TIMEOUT_MAX;
 
 		idx = calc_index(expires, LVL_DEPTH - 1);
 	}