2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index ea3559f0b3f2..9072df83de1f 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -76,9 +76,25 @@ extern unsigned long mktime(const unsigned int year, const unsigned int mon,
                             const unsigned int min, const unsigned int sec);
 
 extern void set_normalized_timespec(struct timespec *ts, time_t sec, s64 nsec);
+
+/*
+ * timespec_add_safe assumes both values are positive and checks
+ * for overflow. It will return TIME_T_MAX if the reutrn would be
+ * smaller then either of the arguments.
+ */
 extern struct timespec timespec_add_safe(const struct timespec lhs,
                                          const struct timespec rhs);
 
+
+static inline struct timespec timespec_add(struct timespec lhs,
+                                                struct timespec rhs)
+{
+        struct timespec ts_delta;
+        set_normalized_timespec(&ts_delta, lhs.tv_sec + rhs.tv_sec,
+                                lhs.tv_nsec + rhs.tv_nsec);
+        return ts_delta;
+}
+
 /*
  * sub = lhs - rhs, in normalized form
  */
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index caf8d4d4f5c8..623fe3d504dc 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@ static int timekeeping_resume(struct sys_device *dev)
 
         if (timespec_compare(&ts, &timekeeping_suspend_time) > 0) {
                 ts = timespec_sub(ts, timekeeping_suspend_time);
-                xtime = timespec_add_safe(xtime, ts);
+                xtime = timespec_add(xtime, ts);
                 wall_to_monotonic = timespec_sub(wall_to_monotonic, ts);
-                total_sleep_time = timespec_add_safe(total_sleep_time, ts);
+                total_sleep_time = timespec_add(total_sleep_time, ts);
         }
         /* re-base the last cycle value */
         timekeeper.clock->cycle_last = timekeeper.clock->read(timekeeper.clock);
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(getboottime);
  */
 void monotonic_to_bootbased(struct timespec *ts)
 {
-        *ts = timespec_add_safe(*ts, total_sleep_time);
+        *ts = timespec_add(*ts, total_sleep_time);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(monotonic_to_bootbased);