diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/tmp401.c b/drivers/hwmon/tmp401.c
index a478454f690f..dfe6d9527efb 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/tmp401.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/tmp401.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static struct tmp401_data *tmp401_update_device(struct device *dev)
 	mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
 
 	next_update = data->last_updated +
-		      msecs_to_jiffies(data->update_interval) + 1;
+		      msecs_to_jiffies(data->update_interval);
 	if (time_after(jiffies, next_update) || !data->valid) {
 		if (data->kind != tmp432) {
 			/*