diff --git a/net/sched/sch_htb.c b/net/sched/sch_htb.c
index 9ca8a26ba507621f490702b0478d8656c9483ddb..2f0f0b04d3fb127efa75b362beeb62c9aab11bde 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_htb.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_htb.c
@@ -661,12 +661,13 @@ static void htb_charge_class(struct htb_sched *q, struct htb_class *cl,
  * next pending event (0 for no event in pq).
  * Note: Applied are events whose have cl->pq_key <= q->now.
  */
-static psched_time_t htb_do_events(struct htb_sched *q, int level)
+static psched_time_t htb_do_events(struct htb_sched *q, int level,
+				   unsigned long start)
 {
 	/* don't run for longer than 2 jiffies; 2 is used instead of
 	   1 to simplify things when jiffy is going to be incremented
 	   too soon */
-	unsigned long stop_at = jiffies + 2;
+	unsigned long stop_at = start + 2;
 	while (time_before(jiffies, stop_at)) {
 		struct htb_class *cl;
 		long diff;
@@ -845,6 +846,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *htb_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 	struct htb_sched *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 	int level;
 	psched_time_t next_event;
+	unsigned long start_at;
 
 	/* try to dequeue direct packets as high prio (!) to minimize cpu work */
 	skb = __skb_dequeue(&q->direct_queue);
@@ -857,6 +859,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *htb_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 	if (!sch->q.qlen)
 		goto fin;
 	q->now = psched_get_time();
+	start_at = jiffies;
 
 	next_event = q->now + 5 * PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC;
 
@@ -866,7 +869,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *htb_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 		psched_time_t event;
 
 		if (q->now >= q->near_ev_cache[level]) {
-			event = htb_do_events(q, level);
+			event = htb_do_events(q, level, start_at);
 			if (!event)
 				event = q->now + PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC;
 			q->near_ev_cache[level] = event;