diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index 92bf99d558b4..2b7448ae5b47 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -216,9 +216,19 @@ static void tick_setup_device(struct tick_device *td,
 		 * this cpu:
 		 */
 		if (tick_do_timer_cpu == TICK_DO_TIMER_BOOT) {
+			ktime_t next_p;
+			u32 rem;
+
 			tick_do_timer_cpu = cpu;
 
-			tick_next_period = ktime_get();
+			next_p = ktime_get();
+			div_u64_rem(next_p, TICK_NSEC, &rem);
+			if (rem) {
+				next_p -= rem;
+				next_p += TICK_NSEC;
+			}
+
+			tick_next_period = next_p;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 			/*
 			 * The boot CPU may be nohz_full, in which case set