diff --git a/include/linux/time64.h b/include/linux/time64.h
index 4a45aea0f96e..8dbdf6cae3e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/time64.h
+++ b/include/linux/time64.h
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ static inline bool timespec64_valid_settod(const struct timespec64 *ts)
  */
 static inline s64 timespec64_to_ns(const struct timespec64 *ts)
 {
+	/* Prevent multiplication overflow */
+	if ((unsigned long long)ts->tv_sec >= KTIME_SEC_MAX)
+		return KTIME_MAX;
+
 	return ((s64) ts->tv_sec * NSEC_PER_SEC) + ts->tv_nsec;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/itimer.c b/kernel/time/itimer.c
index 9a65713c8309..2e2b335ef101 100644
--- a/kernel/time/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/itimer.c
@@ -154,10 +154,6 @@ static void set_cpu_itimer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clock_id,
 	u64 oval, nval, ointerval, ninterval;
 	struct cpu_itimer *it = &tsk->signal->it[clock_id];
 
-	/*
-	 * Use the to_ktime conversion because that clamps the maximum
-	 * value to KTIME_MAX and avoid multiplication overflows.
-	 */
 	nval = ktime_to_ns(timeval_to_ktime(value->it_value));
 	ninterval = ktime_to_ns(timeval_to_ktime(value->it_interval));