diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
index 30e18eb60da7..0b689ccbb793 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ int occ_update_response(struct occ *occ)
 		return rc;
 
 	/* limit the maximum rate of polling the OCC */
-	if (time_after(jiffies, occ->last_update + OCC_UPDATE_FREQUENCY)) {
+	if (time_after(jiffies, occ->next_update)) {
 		rc = occ_poll(occ);
-		occ->last_update = jiffies;
+		occ->next_update = jiffies + OCC_UPDATE_FREQUENCY;
 	} else {
 		rc = occ->last_error;
 	}
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ int occ_setup(struct occ *occ, const char *name)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	occ->next_update = jiffies + OCC_UPDATE_FREQUENCY;
 	occ_parse_poll_response(occ);
 
 	rc = occ_setup_sensor_attrs(occ);
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
index 67e6968b8978..e6df719770e8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct occ {
 	u8 poll_cmd_data;		/* to perform OCC poll command */
 	int (*send_cmd)(struct occ *occ, u8 *cmd);
 
-	unsigned long last_update;
+	unsigned long next_update;
 	struct mutex lock;		/* lock OCC access */
 
 	struct device *hwmon;