diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl12022.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl12022.c
index f9b082784b90..372627136786 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl12022.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl12022.c
@@ -151,12 +151,7 @@ static int isl12022_get_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
 		tm->tm_sec, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_hour,
 		tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_year, tm->tm_wday);
 
-	/* The clock can give out invalid datetime, but we cannot return
-	 * -EINVAL otherwise hwclock will refuse to set the time on bootup. */
-	if (rtc_valid_tm(tm) < 0)
-		dev_err(&client->dev, "retrieved date and time is invalid.\n");
-
-	return 0;
+	return rtc_valid_tm(tm);
 }
 
 static int isl12022_set_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2123.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2123.c
index 8a7556cbcb7f..1c47650fe624 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2123.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2123.c
@@ -165,13 +165,7 @@ static int pcf2123_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
 			tm->tm_sec, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_hour,
 			tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_year, tm->tm_wday);
 
-	/* the clock can give out invalid datetime, but we cannot return
-	 * -EINVAL otherwise hwclock will refuse to set the time on bootup.
-	 */
-	if (rtc_valid_tm(tm) < 0)
-		dev_err(dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n");
-
-	return 0;
+	return rtc_valid_tm(tm);
 }
 
 static int pcf2123_rtc_set_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c
index 9bd842e97749..350c5c7cb678 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c
@@ -88,13 +88,7 @@ static int pcf2127_get_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
 		tm->tm_sec, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_hour,
 		tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_year, tm->tm_wday);
 
-	/* the clock can give out invalid datetime, but we cannot return
-	 * -EINVAL otherwise hwclock will refuse to set the time on bootup.
-	 */
-	if (rtc_valid_tm(tm) < 0)
-		dev_err(&client->dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n");
-
-	return 0;
+	return rtc_valid_tm(tm);
 }
 
 static int pcf2127_set_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)