diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index c93ef33b01d3..5c1378d2fab3 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtc_read_time);
 
 int rtc_set_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err, uie;
 
 	err = rtc_valid_tm(tm);
 	if (err != 0)
@@ -137,6 +137,17 @@ int rtc_set_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm)
 
 	rtc_subtract_offset(rtc, tm);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL
+	uie = rtc->uie_rtctimer.enabled || rtc->uie_irq_active;
+#else
+	uie = rtc->uie_rtctimer.enabled;
+#endif
+	if (uie) {
+		err = rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 0);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rtc->ops_lock);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -153,6 +164,12 @@ int rtc_set_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm)
 	/* A timer might have just expired */
 	schedule_work(&rtc->irqwork);
 
+	if (uie) {
+		err = rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 1);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	trace_rtc_set_time(rtc_tm_to_time64(tm), err);
 	return err;
 }