diff --git a/include/linux/timex.h b/include/linux/timex.h
index c00bcdd3ae42..9007313b5b71 100644
--- a/include/linux/timex.h
+++ b/include/linux/timex.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
  */
 #define SHIFT_USEC 16		/* frequency offset scale (shift) */
 #define PPM_SCALE (NSEC_PER_USEC << (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - SHIFT_USEC))
-#define PPM_SCALE_INV_SHIFT 20
+#define PPM_SCALE_INV_SHIFT 19
 #define PPM_SCALE_INV ((1ll << (PPM_SCALE_INV_SHIFT + NTP_SCALE_SHIFT)) / \
 		       PPM_SCALE + 1)
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 450a45cb01c1..ddb0465a6baa 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -406,9 +406,8 @@ adj_done:
 	if (time_status & (STA_UNSYNC|STA_CLOCKERR))
 		result = TIME_ERROR;
 
-	txc->freq	   = shift_right((s32)(time_freq >> PPM_SCALE_INV_SHIFT) *
-					 (s64)PPM_SCALE_INV,
-					 NTP_SCALE_SHIFT);
+	txc->freq	   = shift_right((time_freq >> PPM_SCALE_INV_SHIFT) *
+					 (s64)PPM_SCALE_INV, NTP_SCALE_SHIFT);
 	txc->maxerror	   = time_maxerror;
 	txc->esterror	   = time_esterror;
 	txc->status	   = time_status;