diff --git a/src/openvpn/forward.c b/src/openvpn/forward.c
index 36e5c175..7ed8d0d7 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/forward.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/forward.c
@@ -700,8 +700,14 @@ process_coarse_timers(struct context *c)
 }
 
 static void
-check_coarse_timers_dowork(struct context *c)
+check_coarse_timers(struct context *c)
 {
+    if (now < c->c2.coarse_timer_wakeup)
+    {
+        context_reschedule_sec(c, c->c2.coarse_timer_wakeup - now);
+        return;
+    }
+
     const struct timeval save = c->c2.timeval;
     c->c2.timeval.tv_sec = BIG_TIMEOUT;
     c->c2.timeval.tv_usec = 0;
@@ -717,20 +723,6 @@ check_coarse_timers_dowork(struct context *c)
     }
 }
 
-static inline void
-check_coarse_timers(struct context *c)
-{
-    const time_t local_now = now;
-    if (local_now >= c->c2.coarse_timer_wakeup)
-    {
-        check_coarse_timers_dowork(c);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        context_reschedule_sec(c, c->c2.coarse_timer_wakeup - local_now);
-    }
-}
-
 static void
 check_timeout_random_component_dowork(struct context *c)
 {