1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 5bbef4fdcb43..648fa1490ea7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void)
         /* wait for a carrier on at least one device */
         start = jiffies;
         next_msg = start + msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT/12);
-        while (jiffies - start < msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT)) {
+        while (time_before(jiffies, start +
+                           msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT))) {
                 int wait, elapsed;
 
                 for_each_netdev(&init_net, dev)