diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
index 431793e5d484..34baa0eb5d0c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
@@ -57,14 +57,10 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long long, cyc2ns_offset);
 
 static inline unsigned long long __cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
 {
-	unsigned long long quot;
-	unsigned long long rem;
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	unsigned long long ns = per_cpu(cyc2ns_offset, cpu);
-	quot = (cyc >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR);
-	rem = cyc & ((1ULL << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR) - 1);
-	ns += quot * per_cpu(cyc2ns, cpu) +
-		((rem * per_cpu(cyc2ns, cpu)) >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR);
+	ns += mult_frac(cyc, per_cpu(cyc2ns, cpu),
+			(1UL << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR));
 	return ns;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index a62c201c97ec..183c5925a9fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -620,7 +620,8 @@ static void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz, int cpu)
 
 	if (cpu_khz) {
 		*scale = (NSEC_PER_MSEC << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz;
-		*offset = ns_now - (tsc_now * *scale >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR);
+		*offset = ns_now - mult_frac(tsc_now, *scale,
+					     (1UL << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR));
 	}
 
 	sched_clock_idle_wakeup_event(0);
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index e8343422240a..d801acb5e680 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -85,6 +85,19 @@
 }							\
 )
 
+/*
+ * Multiplies an integer by a fraction, while avoiding unnecessary
+ * overflow or loss of precision.
+ */
+#define mult_frac(x, numer, denom)(			\
+{							\
+	typeof(x) quot = (x) / (denom);			\
+	typeof(x) rem  = (x) % (denom);			\
+	(quot * (numer)) + ((rem * (numer)) / (denom));	\
+}							\
+)
+
+
 #define _RET_IP_		(unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0)
 #define _THIS_IP_  ({ __label__ __here; __here: (unsigned long)&&__here; })