diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
index a0d3ec8..270842c 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);
 }