diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-tpm.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-tpm.c
index 05d97a6871d8..6c8318470b48 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-imx-tpm.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int tpm_set_next_event(unsigned long delta,
 	 * of writing CNT registers which may cause the min_delta event got
 	 * missed, so we need add a ETIME check here in case it happened.
 	 */
-	return (int)((next - now) <= 0) ? -ETIME : 0;
+	return (int)(next - now) <= 0 ? -ETIME : 0;
 }
 
 static int tpm_set_state_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *evt)