diff --git a/include/linux/ktime.h b/include/linux/ktime.h
index 36c542b..2cd7fa7 100644
--- a/include/linux/ktime.h
+++ b/include/linux/ktime.h
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@
 	return ktime_sub_ns(kt, usec * 1000);
 }
 
+extern ktime_t ktime_add_safe(const ktime_t lhs, const ktime_t rhs);
+
 /*
  * The resolution of the clocks. The resolution value is returned in
  * the clock_getres() system call to give application programmers an
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index a6baaec..221f212 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@
 
 		t = timespec_to_ktime(ts);
 		if (cmd == FUTEX_WAIT)
-			t = ktime_add(ktime_get(), t);
+			t = ktime_add_safe(ktime_get(), t);
 		tp = &t;
 	}
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/futex_compat.c b/kernel/futex_compat.c
index 133d558d..7d5e4b0 100644
--- a/kernel/futex_compat.c
+++ b/kernel/futex_compat.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 
 		t = timespec_to_ktime(ts);
 		if (cmd == FUTEX_WAIT)
-			t = ktime_add(ktime_get(), t);
+			t = ktime_add_safe(ktime_get(), t);
 		tp = &t;
 	}
 	if (cmd == FUTEX_REQUEUE || cmd == FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE)
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 3f4a57c..c2893af 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -326,6 +326,23 @@
 #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
  */
 static inline int hrtimer_cb_pending(const struct hrtimer *timer)
@@ -682,13 +699,7 @@
 		 */
 		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;
 }
@@ -839,7 +850,7 @@
 	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
@@ -848,16 +859,8 @@
 		 * 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;
 
diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 022c9c3..a9b0420 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -767,9 +767,11 @@
 	/* 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;
 	}