diff --git a/src/systemc/core/scheduler.hh b/src/systemc/core/scheduler.hh
index ff8434bef5..2da8da470a 100644
--- a/src/systemc/core/scheduler.hh
+++ b/src/systemc/core/scheduler.hh
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ class Scheduler
     schedule(ScEvent *event, const ::sc_core::sc_time &delay)
     {
         Tick tick = delayed(delay);
+        if (tick < getCurTick())
+            tick = getCurTick();
+
         event->schedule(tick);
 
         // Delta notification/timeout.