}
 #endif /* BITS_PER_LONG >= 64 */
 
+/*
+ * Add two ktime values and do a safety check for overflow:
+ */
+ktime_t ktime_add_safe(const ktime_t lhs, const ktime_t rhs)
+{
+       ktime_t res = ktime_add(lhs, rhs);
+
+       /*
+        * We use KTIME_SEC_MAX here, the maximum timeout which we can
+        * return to user space in a timespec:
+        */
+       if (res.tv64 < 0 || res.tv64 < lhs.tv64 || res.tv64 < rhs.tv64)
+               res = ktime_set(KTIME_SEC_MAX, 0);
+
+       return res;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check, whether the timer is on the callback pending list
  */
                 */
                orun++;
        }
-       timer->expires = ktime_add(timer->expires, interval);
-       /*
-        * Make sure, that the result did not wrap with a very large
-        * interval.
-        */
-       if (timer->expires.tv64 < 0)
-               timer->expires = ktime_set(KTIME_SEC_MAX, 0);
+       timer->expires = ktime_add_safe(timer->expires, interval);
 
        return orun;
 }
        new_base = switch_hrtimer_base(timer, base);
 
        if (mode == HRTIMER_MODE_REL) {
-               tim = ktime_add(tim, new_base->get_time());
+               tim = ktime_add_safe(tim, new_base->get_time());
                /*
                 * CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES is a temporary way for architectures
                 * to signal that they simply return xtime in
                 * timeouts. This will go away with the GTOD framework.
                 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES
-               tim = ktime_add(tim, base->resolution);
+               tim = ktime_add_safe(tim, base->resolution);
 #endif
-               /*
-                * Careful here: User space might have asked for a
-                * very long sleep, so the add above might result in a
-                * negative number, which enqueues the timer in front
-                * of the queue.
-                */
-               if (tim.tv64 < 0)
-                       tim.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
        }
        timer->expires = tim;
 
 
        /* SIGEV_NONE timers are not queued ! See common_timer_get */
        if (((timr->it_sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_THREAD_ID) == SIGEV_NONE)) {
                /* Setup correct expiry time for relative timers */
-               if (mode == HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
-                       timer->expires = ktime_add(timer->expires,
-                                                  timer->base->get_time());
+               if (mode == HRTIMER_MODE_REL) {
+                       timer->expires =
+                               ktime_add_safe(timer->expires,
+                                              timer->base->get_time());
+               }
                return 0;
        }