typedef union ktime ktime_t;           /* Kill this */
 
-#define KTIME_MAX                      ((s64)~((u64)1 << 63))
-#if (BITS_PER_LONG == 64)
-# define KTIME_SEC_MAX                 (KTIME_MAX / NSEC_PER_SEC)
-#else
-# define KTIME_SEC_MAX                 LONG_MAX
-#endif
-
 /*
  * ktime_t definitions when using the 64-bit scalar representation:
  */
 
        return ts_delta;
 }
 
+#define KTIME_MAX                      ((s64)~((u64)1 << 63))
+#if (BITS_PER_LONG == 64)
+# define KTIME_SEC_MAX                 (KTIME_MAX / NSEC_PER_SEC)
+#else
+# define KTIME_SEC_MAX                 LONG_MAX
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Returns true if the timespec is norm, false if denorm:
  */
-#define timespec_valid(ts) \
-       (((ts)->tv_sec >= 0) && (((unsigned long) (ts)->tv_nsec) < NSEC_PER_SEC))
+static inline bool timespec_valid(const struct timespec *ts)
+{
+       /* Dates before 1970 are bogus */
+       if (ts->tv_sec < 0)
+               return false;
+       /* Can't have more nanoseconds then a second */
+       if ((unsigned long)ts->tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC)
+               return false;
+       /* Disallow values that could overflow ktime_t */
+       if ((unsigned long long)ts->tv_sec >= KTIME_SEC_MAX)
+               return false;
+       return true;
+}
 
 extern void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts);
 extern void read_boot_clock(struct timespec *ts);
 
        struct timespec ts_delta, xt;
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       if ((unsigned long)tv->tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC)
+       if (!timespec_valid(tv))
                return -EINVAL;
 
        write_seqlock_irqsave(&tk->lock, flags);
 {
        struct timekeeper *tk = &timekeeper;
        unsigned long flags;
+       struct timespec tmp;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        if ((unsigned long)ts->tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        timekeeping_forward_now(tk);
 
+       /* Make sure the proposed value is valid */
+       tmp = timespec_add(tk_xtime(tk),  *ts);
+       if (!timespec_valid(&tmp)) {
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto error;
+       }
 
        tk_xtime_add(tk, ts);
        tk_set_wall_to_mono(tk, timespec_sub(tk->wall_to_monotonic, *ts));
 
+error: /* even if we error out, we forwarded the time, so call update */
        timekeeping_update(tk, true);
 
        write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&tk->lock, flags);
        /* signal hrtimers about time change */
        clock_was_set();
 
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(timekeeping_inject_offset);
 
        struct timespec now, boot, tmp;
 
        read_persistent_clock(&now);
+       if (!timespec_valid(&now)) {
+               pr_warn("WARNING: Persistent clock returned invalid value!\n"
+                       "         Check your CMOS/BIOS settings.\n");
+               now.tv_sec = 0;
+               now.tv_nsec = 0;
+       }
+
        read_boot_clock(&boot);
+       if (!timespec_valid(&boot)) {
+               pr_warn("WARNING: Boot clock returned invalid value!\n"
+                       "         Check your CMOS/BIOS settings.\n");
+               boot.tv_sec = 0;
+               boot.tv_nsec = 0;
+       }
 
        seqlock_init(&tk->lock);