1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 1f23e683d6aa..804539165d8b 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -637,15 +637,16 @@ void set_normalized_timespec(struct timespec *ts, time_t sec, long nsec)
  *
  * Returns the timespec representation of the nsec parameter.
  */
-inline struct timespec ns_to_timespec(const nsec_t nsec)
+struct timespec ns_to_timespec(const nsec_t nsec)
 {
         struct timespec ts;
 
-        if (nsec)
-                ts.tv_sec = div_long_long_rem_signed(nsec, NSEC_PER_SEC,
-                                                     &ts.tv_nsec);
-        else
-                ts.tv_sec = ts.tv_nsec = 0;
+        if (!nsec)
+                return (struct timespec) {0, 0};
+
+        ts.tv_sec = div_long_long_rem_signed(nsec, NSEC_PER_SEC, &ts.tv_nsec);
+        if (unlikely(nsec < 0))
+                set_normalized_timespec(&ts, ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
 
         return ts;
 }