diff --git a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
index 6834b9c3bec1..b333ff60781d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
@@ -925,11 +925,23 @@ cifs_NTtimeToUnix(__le64 ntutc)
 	/* BB what about the timezone? BB */
 
 	/* Subtract the NTFS time offset, then convert to 1s intervals. */
-	u64 t;
+	s64 t = le64_to_cpu(ntutc) - NTFS_TIME_OFFSET;
+
+	/*
+	 * Unfortunately can not use normal 64 bit division on 32 bit arch, but
+	 * the alternative, do_div, does not work with negative numbers so have
+	 * to special case them
+	 */
+	if (t < 0) {
+		t = -t;
+		ts.tv_nsec = (long)(do_div(t, 10000000) * 100);
+		ts.tv_nsec = -ts.tv_nsec;
+		ts.tv_sec = -t;
+	} else {
+		ts.tv_nsec = (long)do_div(t, 10000000) * 100;
+		ts.tv_sec = t;
+	}
 
-	t = le64_to_cpu(ntutc) - NTFS_TIME_OFFSET;
-	ts.tv_nsec = do_div(t, 10000000) * 100;
-	ts.tv_sec = t;
 	return ts;
 }