struct timekeeper {
        /* Current clocksource used for timekeeping. */
        struct clocksource *clock;
+       /* The shift value of the current clocksource. */
+       int     shift;
 
        /* Number of clock cycles in one NTP interval. */
        cycle_t cycle_interval;
        /* Difference between accumulated time and NTP time in ntp
         * shifted nano seconds. */
        s64     ntp_error;
+       /* Shift conversion between clock shifted nano seconds and
+        * ntp shifted nano seconds. */
+       int     ntp_error_shift;
 };
 
 struct timekeeper timekeeper;
                ((u64) interval * clock->mult_orig) >> clock->shift;
 
        timekeeper.xtime_nsec = 0;
+       timekeeper.shift = clock->shift;
 
        timekeeper.ntp_error = 0;
+       timekeeper.ntp_error_shift = NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - clock->shift;
 }
 
 /*
         * Now calculate the error in (1 << look_ahead) ticks, but first
         * remove the single look ahead already included in the error.
         */
-       tick_error = tick_length >>
-                       (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - timekeeper.clock->shift + 1);
+       tick_error = tick_length >> (timekeeper.ntp_error_shift + 1);
        tick_error -= timekeeper.xtime_interval >> 1;
        error = ((error - tick_error) >> look_ahead) + tick_error;
 
        s64 error, interval = timekeeper.cycle_interval;
        int adj;
 
-       error = timekeeper.ntp_error >>
-               (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - timekeeper.clock->shift - 1);
+       error = timekeeper.ntp_error >> (timekeeper.ntp_error_shift - 1);
        if (error > interval) {
                error >>= 2;
                if (likely(error <= interval))
        timekeeper.xtime_interval += interval;
        timekeeper.xtime_nsec -= offset;
        timekeeper.ntp_error -= (interval - offset) <<
-                       (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - timekeeper.clock->shift);
+                               timekeeper.ntp_error_shift;
 }
 
 /**
 {
        struct clocksource *clock;
        cycle_t offset;
-       s64 nsecs;
+       u64 nsecs;
 
        /* Make sure we're fully resumed: */
        if (unlikely(timekeeping_suspended))
 #else
        offset = timekeeper.cycle_interval;
 #endif
-       timekeeper.xtime_nsec = (s64)xtime.tv_nsec << clock->shift;
+       timekeeper.xtime_nsec = (s64)xtime.tv_nsec << timekeeper.shift;
 
        /* normally this loop will run just once, however in the
         * case of lost or late ticks, it will accumulate correctly.
         */
        while (offset >= timekeeper.cycle_interval) {
-               u64 nsecps = (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << clock->shift;
+               u64 nsecps = (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << timekeeper.shift;
 
                /* accumulate one interval */
                offset -= timekeeper.cycle_interval;
                /* accumulate error between NTP and clock interval */
                timekeeper.ntp_error += tick_length;
                timekeeper.ntp_error -= timekeeper.xtime_interval <<
-                                       (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - clock->shift);
+                                       timekeeper.ntp_error_shift;
        }
 
        /* correct the clock when NTP error is too big */
        if (unlikely((s64)timekeeper.xtime_nsec < 0)) {
                s64 neg = -(s64)timekeeper.xtime_nsec;
                timekeeper.xtime_nsec = 0;
-               timekeeper.ntp_error += neg << (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - clock->shift);
+               timekeeper.ntp_error += neg << timekeeper.ntp_error_shift;
        }
 
        /* store full nanoseconds into xtime after rounding it up and
         * add the remainder to the error difference.
         */
-       xtime.tv_nsec = ((s64)timekeeper.xtime_nsec >> clock->shift) + 1;
-       timekeeper.xtime_nsec -= (s64)xtime.tv_nsec << clock->shift;
-       timekeeper.ntp_error += timekeeper.xtime_nsec <<
-                               (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - clock->shift);
+       xtime.tv_nsec = ((s64) timekeeper.xtime_nsec >> timekeeper.shift) + 1;
+       timekeeper.xtime_nsec -= (s64) xtime.tv_nsec << timekeeper.shift;
+       timekeeper.ntp_error += timekeeper.xtime_nsec <<
+                               timekeeper.ntp_error_shift;
 
        nsecs = clocksource_cyc2ns(offset, clock->mult, clock->shift);
        update_xtime_cache(nsecs);