diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index 4747cde0adc7..b4e9e81448c2 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(timerfd_create, int, clockid, int, flags)
 	    (clockid != CLOCK_MONOTONIC &&
 	     clockid != CLOCK_REALTIME &&
 	     clockid != CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM &&
+	     clockid != CLOCK_BOOTTIME &&
 	     clockid != CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM))
 		return -EINVAL;