diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index beebe3a02d43..297f09f23896 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -125,6 +125,32 @@ static inline bool timeval_valid(const struct timeval *tv)
 
 extern struct timespec timespec_trunc(struct timespec t, unsigned gran);
 
+/*
+ * Validates if a timespec/timeval used to inject a time offset is valid.
+ * Offsets can be postive or negative. The value of the timeval/timespec
+ * is the sum of its fields, but *NOTE*: the field tv_usec/tv_nsec must
+ * always be non-negative.
+ */
+static inline bool timeval_inject_offset_valid(const struct timeval *tv)
+{
+	/* We don't check the tv_sec as it can be positive or negative */
+
+	/* Can't have more microseconds then a second */
+	if (tv->tv_usec < 0 || tv->tv_usec >= USEC_PER_SEC)
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline bool timespec_inject_offset_valid(const struct timespec *ts)
+{
+	/* We don't check the tv_sec as it can be positive or negative */
+
+	/* Can't have more nanoseconds then a second */
+	if (ts->tv_nsec < 0 || ts->tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC)
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 #define CURRENT_TIME		(current_kernel_time())
 #define CURRENT_TIME_SEC	((struct timespec) { get_seconds(), 0 })
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 125fc0342355..4073c9550af9 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -676,8 +676,14 @@ int ntp_validate_timex(struct timex *txc)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if ((txc->modes & ADJ_SETOFFSET) && (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME)))
-		return -EPERM;
+	if (txc->modes & ADJ_SETOFFSET) {
+		/* In order to inject time, you gotta be super-user! */
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME))
+			return -EPERM;
+
+		if (!timeval_inject_offset_valid(&txc->time))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Check for potential multiplication overflows that can
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 99188ee5d9d0..d9249daf14ba 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ int timekeeping_inject_offset(struct timespec *ts)
 	struct timespec64 ts64, tmp;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if ((unsigned long)ts->tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC)
+	if (!timespec_inject_offset_valid(ts))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ts64 = timespec_to_timespec64(*ts);