diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
index d6f54ccaf93b..4111342d64f0 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
 #include <linux/posix-clock.h>
 #include <linux/pps_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/property.h>
@@ -159,7 +160,18 @@ static int ptp_clock_adjtime(struct posix_clock *pc, struct __kernel_timex *tx)
 		delta = ktime_to_ns(kt);
 		err = ops->adjtime(ops, delta);
 	} else if (tx->modes & ADJ_FREQUENCY) {
-		long ppb = scaled_ppm_to_ppb(tx->freq);
+		long ppb;
+		s64 tmp;
+
+		/*
+		 * scaled_ppm_to_ppb() multiplies (1 + freq) by 125 in s64;
+		 * reject a ->freq large enough to overflow that, which would
+		 * otherwise wrap the result back into the max_adj range.
+		 */
+		if (check_add_overflow((s64)tx->freq, (s64)1, &tmp) ||
+		    check_mul_overflow(tmp, (s64)125, &tmp))
+			return -ERANGE;
+		ppb = scaled_ppm_to_ppb(tx->freq);
 		if (ppb > ops->max_adj || ppb < -ops->max_adj)
 			return -ERANGE;
 		err = ops->adjfine(ops, tx->freq);