diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c
index afb7cfa85cc..c016ad81767 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ isl1208_rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
 {
 	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
 	struct i2c_client *client = data;
+	struct rtc_device *rtc = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 	int handled = 0, sr, err;
 
 	/*
@@ -528,6 +529,8 @@ isl1208_rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
 	if (sr & ISL1208_REG_SR_ALM) {
 		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "alarm!\n");
 
+		rtc_update_irq(rtc, 1, RTC_IRQF | RTC_AF);
+
 		/* Clear the alarm */
 		sr &= ~ISL1208_REG_SR_ALM;
 		sr = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, ISL1208_REG_SR, sr);