diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index e15206a7e82..72697647848 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ struct timezone {
 #define NSEC_PER_SEC	1000000000L
 #define FSEC_PER_SEC	1000000000000000L
 
+#define TIME_T_MAX	(time_t)((1UL << ((sizeof(time_t) << 3) - 1)) - 1)
+
 static inline int timespec_equal(const struct timespec *a,
                                  const struct timespec *b)
 {
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ 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, long nsec);
+extern struct timespec timespec_add_safe(const struct timespec lhs,
+					 const struct timespec rhs);
 
 /*
  * sub = lhs - rhs, in normalized form
diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 6a08660b4fa..d63a4336fad 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -669,3 +669,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_jiffies_64);
 #endif
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies);
+
+/*
+ * Add two timespec values and do a safety check for overflow.
+ * It's assumed that both values are valid (>= 0)
+ */
+struct timespec timespec_add_safe(const struct timespec lhs,
+				  const struct timespec rhs)
+{
+	struct timespec res;
+
+	set_normalized_timespec(&res, lhs.tv_sec + rhs.tv_sec,
+				lhs.tv_nsec + rhs.tv_nsec);
+
+	if (res.tv_sec < lhs.tv_sec || res.tv_sec < rhs.tv_sec)
+		res.tv_sec = TIME_T_MAX;
+
+	return res;
+}