diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 26ced536005a..91eac39625be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 
 msr_fail:
 	pr_cont("Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n");
-	pr_info("%sFailed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n",
+	printk("%sFailed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n",
 		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) ? KERN_INFO : KERN_ERR,
 		reg, val_new);
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 1cafba860b08..39008d78927a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ static void posix_cpu_timer_get(struct k_itimer *timer, struct itimerspec *itp)
 			timer->it.cpu.expires = 0;
 			sample_to_timespec(timer->it_clock, timer->it.cpu.expires,
 					   &itp->it_value);
+			return;
 		} else {
 			cpu_timer_sample_group(timer->it_clock, p, &now);
 			unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);