diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c
index c404b61..09b4437 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/class.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ struct rtc_device *rtc_device_register(const char *name, struct device *dev,
 					struct module *owner)
 {
 	struct rtc_device *rtc;
+	struct rtc_wkalrm alrm;
 	int id, err;
 
 	if (idr_pre_get(&rtc_idr, GFP_KERNEL) == 0) {
@@ -166,6 +167,12 @@ struct rtc_device *rtc_device_register(const char *name, struct device *dev,
 	rtc->pie_timer.function = rtc_pie_update_irq;
 	rtc->pie_enabled = 0;
 
+	/* Check to see if there is an ALARM already set in hw */
+	err = __rtc_read_alarm(rtc, &alrm);
+
+	if (!err && !rtc_valid_tm(&alrm.time))
+		rtc_set_alarm(rtc, &alrm);
+
 	strlcpy(rtc->name, name, RTC_DEVICE_NAME_SIZE);
 	dev_set_name(&rtc->dev, "rtc%d", id);
 
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index cb2f072..8ec6b06 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -116,6 +116,186 @@ int rtc_set_mmss(struct rtc_device *rtc, unsigned long secs)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtc_set_mmss);
 
+static int rtc_read_alarm_internal(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_wkalrm *alarm)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rtc->ops_lock);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (rtc->ops == NULL)
+		err = -ENODEV;
+	else if (!rtc->ops->read_alarm)
+		err = -EINVAL;
+	else {
+		memset(alarm, 0, sizeof(struct rtc_wkalrm));
+		err = rtc->ops->read_alarm(rtc->dev.parent, alarm);
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int __rtc_read_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_wkalrm *alarm)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct rtc_time before, now;
+	int first_time = 1;
+	unsigned long t_now, t_alm;
+	enum { none, day, month, year } missing = none;
+	unsigned days;
+
+	/* The lower level RTC driver may return -1 in some fields,
+	 * creating invalid alarm->time values, for reasons like:
+	 *
+	 *   - The hardware may not be capable of filling them in;
+	 *     many alarms match only on time-of-day fields, not
+	 *     day/month/year calendar data.
+	 *
+	 *   - Some hardware uses illegal values as "wildcard" match
+	 *     values, which non-Linux firmware (like a BIOS) may try
+	 *     to set up as e.g. "alarm 15 minutes after each hour".
+	 *     Linux uses only oneshot alarms.
+	 *
+	 * When we see that here, we deal with it by using values from
+	 * a current RTC timestamp for any missing (-1) values.  The
+	 * RTC driver prevents "periodic alarm" modes.
+	 *
+	 * But this can be racey, because some fields of the RTC timestamp
+	 * may have wrapped in the interval since we read the RTC alarm,
+	 * which would lead to us inserting inconsistent values in place
+	 * of the -1 fields.
+	 *
+	 * Reading the alarm and timestamp in the reverse sequence
+	 * would have the same race condition, and not solve the issue.
+	 *
+	 * So, we must first read the RTC timestamp,
+	 * then read the RTC alarm value,
+	 * and then read a second RTC timestamp.
+	 *
+	 * If any fields of the second timestamp have changed
+	 * when compared with the first timestamp, then we know
+	 * our timestamp may be inconsistent with that used by
+	 * the low-level rtc_read_alarm_internal() function.
+	 *
+	 * So, when the two timestamps disagree, we just loop and do
+	 * the process again to get a fully consistent set of values.
+	 *
+	 * This could all instead be done in the lower level driver,
+	 * but since more than one lower level RTC implementation needs it,
+	 * then it's probably best best to do it here instead of there..
+	 */
+
+	/* Get the "before" timestamp */
+	err = rtc_read_time(rtc, &before);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+	do {
+		if (!first_time)
+			memcpy(&before, &now, sizeof(struct rtc_time));
+		first_time = 0;
+
+		/* get the RTC alarm values, which may be incomplete */
+		err = rtc_read_alarm_internal(rtc, alarm);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		/* full-function RTCs won't have such missing fields */
+		if (rtc_valid_tm(&alarm->time) == 0)
+			return 0;
+
+		/* get the "after" timestamp, to detect wrapped fields */
+		err = rtc_read_time(rtc, &now);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+
+		/* note that tm_sec is a "don't care" value here: */
+	} while (   before.tm_min   != now.tm_min
+		 || before.tm_hour  != now.tm_hour
+		 || before.tm_mon   != now.tm_mon
+		 || before.tm_year  != now.tm_year);
+
+	/* Fill in the missing alarm fields using the timestamp; we
+	 * know there's at least one since alarm->time is invalid.
+	 */
+	if (alarm->time.tm_sec == -1)
+		alarm->time.tm_sec = now.tm_sec;
+	if (alarm->time.tm_min == -1)
+		alarm->time.tm_min = now.tm_min;
+	if (alarm->time.tm_hour == -1)
+		alarm->time.tm_hour = now.tm_hour;
+
+	/* For simplicity, only support date rollover for now */
+	if (alarm->time.tm_mday == -1) {
+		alarm->time.tm_mday = now.tm_mday;
+		missing = day;
+	}
+	if (alarm->time.tm_mon == -1) {
+		alarm->time.tm_mon = now.tm_mon;
+		if (missing == none)
+			missing = month;
+	}
+	if (alarm->time.tm_year == -1) {
+		alarm->time.tm_year = now.tm_year;
+		if (missing == none)
+			missing = year;
+	}
+
+	/* with luck, no rollover is needed */
+	rtc_tm_to_time(&now, &t_now);
+	rtc_tm_to_time(&alarm->time, &t_alm);
+	if (t_now < t_alm)
+		goto done;
+
+	switch (missing) {
+
+	/* 24 hour rollover ... if it's now 10am Monday, an alarm that
+	 * that will trigger at 5am will do so at 5am Tuesday, which
+	 * could also be in the next month or year.  This is a common
+	 * case, especially for PCs.
+	 */
+	case day:
+		dev_dbg(&rtc->dev, "alarm rollover: %s\n", "day");
+		t_alm += 24 * 60 * 60;
+		rtc_time_to_tm(t_alm, &alarm->time);
+		break;
+
+	/* Month rollover ... if it's the 31th, an alarm on the 3rd will
+	 * be next month.  An alarm matching on the 30th, 29th, or 28th
+	 * may end up in the month after that!  Many newer PCs support
+	 * this type of alarm.
+	 */
+	case month:
+		dev_dbg(&rtc->dev, "alarm rollover: %s\n", "month");
+		do {
+			if (alarm->time.tm_mon < 11)
+				alarm->time.tm_mon++;
+			else {
+				alarm->time.tm_mon = 0;
+				alarm->time.tm_year++;
+			}
+			days = rtc_month_days(alarm->time.tm_mon,
+					alarm->time.tm_year);
+		} while (days < alarm->time.tm_mday);
+		break;
+
+	/* Year rollover ... easy except for leap years! */
+	case year:
+		dev_dbg(&rtc->dev, "alarm rollover: %s\n", "year");
+		do {
+			alarm->time.tm_year++;
+		} while (rtc_valid_tm(&alarm->time) != 0);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		dev_warn(&rtc->dev, "alarm rollover not handled\n");
+	}
+
+done:
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int rtc_read_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_wkalrm *alarm)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/include/linux/rtc.h b/include/linux/rtc.h
index 89c3e51..db3832d 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtc.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtc.h
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ extern void rtc_device_unregister(struct rtc_device *rtc);
 extern int rtc_read_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm);
 extern int rtc_set_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm);
 extern int rtc_set_mmss(struct rtc_device *rtc, unsigned long secs);
+int __rtc_read_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_wkalrm *alarm);
 extern int rtc_read_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc,
 			struct rtc_wkalrm *alrm);
 extern int rtc_set_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc,
