return (!(year % 4) && (year % 100)) || !(year % 400);
 }
 
+/**
+ * rtc_bound_alarmtime() - Return alarm time bound by rtc limit
+ * @rtc: Pointer to rtc device structure
+ * @requested: Requested alarm timeout
+ *
+ * Return: Alarm timeout bound by maximum alarm time supported by rtc.
+ */
+static inline ktime_t rtc_bound_alarmtime(struct rtc_device *rtc,
+                                         ktime_t requested)
+{
+       if (rtc->alarm_offset_max &&
+           rtc->alarm_offset_max * MSEC_PER_SEC < ktime_to_ms(requested))
+               return ms_to_ktime(rtc->alarm_offset_max * MSEC_PER_SEC);
+
+       return requested;
+}
+
 #define devm_rtc_register_device(device) \
        __devm_rtc_register_device(THIS_MODULE, device)