diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
index d0498a223f40..cf953ecbfca9 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int s3c_rtc_gettime(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *rtc_tm)
 	rtc_tm->tm_year += 100;
 	rtc_tm->tm_mon -= 1;
 
-	return 0;
+	return rtc_valid_tm(rtc_tm);
 }
 
 static int s3c_rtc_settime(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)