diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index f5df3dcfe811..f4e8578f7caa 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -259,23 +259,11 @@ extern unsigned long preset_lpj;
 #define SEC_JIFFIE_SC (32 - SHIFT_HZ)
 #endif
 #define NSEC_JIFFIE_SC (SEC_JIFFIE_SC + 29)
-#define USEC_JIFFIE_SC (SEC_JIFFIE_SC + 19)
 #define SEC_CONVERSION ((unsigned long)((((u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << SEC_JIFFIE_SC) +\
                                 TICK_NSEC -1) / (u64)TICK_NSEC))
 
 #define NSEC_CONVERSION ((unsigned long)((((u64)1 << NSEC_JIFFIE_SC) +\
                                         TICK_NSEC -1) / (u64)TICK_NSEC))
-#define USEC_CONVERSION  \
-                    ((unsigned long)((((u64)NSEC_PER_USEC << USEC_JIFFIE_SC) +\
-                                        TICK_NSEC -1) / (u64)TICK_NSEC))
-/*
- * USEC_ROUND is used in the timeval to jiffie conversion.  See there
- * for more details.  It is the scaled resolution rounding value.  Note
- * that it is a 64-bit value.  Since, when it is applied, we are already
- * in jiffies (albit scaled), it is nothing but the bits we will shift
- * off.
- */
-#define USEC_ROUND (u64)(((u64)1 << USEC_JIFFIE_SC) - 1)
 /*
  * The maximum jiffie value is (MAX_INT >> 1).  Here we translate that
  * into seconds.  The 64-bit case will overflow if we are not careful,
diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index ba744cf80696..a09529030093 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -487,17 +487,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(usecs_to_jiffies);
  * that a remainder subtract here would not do the right thing as the
  * resolution values don't fall on second boundries.  I.e. the line:
  * nsec -= nsec % TICK_NSEC; is NOT a correct resolution rounding.
+ * Note that due to the small error in the multiplier here, this
+ * rounding is incorrect for sufficiently large values of tv_nsec, but
+ * well formed timespecs should have tv_nsec < NSEC_PER_SEC, so we're
+ * OK.
  *
  * Rather, we just shift the bits off the right.
  *
  * The >> (NSEC_JIFFIE_SC - SEC_JIFFIE_SC) converts the scaled nsec
  * value to a scaled second value.
  */
-unsigned long
-timespec_to_jiffies(const struct timespec *value)
+static unsigned long
+__timespec_to_jiffies(unsigned long sec, long nsec)
 {
-	unsigned long sec = value->tv_sec;
-	long nsec = value->tv_nsec + TICK_NSEC - 1;
+	nsec = nsec + TICK_NSEC - 1;
 
 	if (sec >= MAX_SEC_IN_JIFFIES){
 		sec = MAX_SEC_IN_JIFFIES;
@@ -508,6 +511,13 @@ timespec_to_jiffies(const struct timespec *value)
 		 (NSEC_JIFFIE_SC - SEC_JIFFIE_SC))) >> SEC_JIFFIE_SC;
 
 }
+
+unsigned long
+timespec_to_jiffies(const struct timespec *value)
+{
+	return __timespec_to_jiffies(value->tv_sec, value->tv_nsec);
+}
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(timespec_to_jiffies);
 
 void
@@ -524,31 +534,27 @@ jiffies_to_timespec(const unsigned long jiffies, struct timespec *value)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_to_timespec);
 
-/* Same for "timeval"
+/*
+ * We could use a similar algorithm to timespec_to_jiffies (with a
+ * different multiplier for usec instead of nsec). But this has a
+ * problem with rounding: we can't exactly add TICK_NSEC - 1 to the
+ * usec value, since it's not necessarily integral.
  *
- * Well, almost.  The problem here is that the real system resolution is
- * in nanoseconds and the value being converted is in micro seconds.
- * Also for some machines (those that use HZ = 1024, in-particular),
- * there is a LARGE error in the tick size in microseconds.
-
- * The solution we use is to do the rounding AFTER we convert the
- * microsecond part.  Thus the USEC_ROUND, the bits to be shifted off.
- * Instruction wise, this should cost only an additional add with carry
- * instruction above the way it was done above.
+ * We could instead round in the intermediate scaled representation
+ * (i.e. in units of 1/2^(large scale) jiffies) but that's also
+ * perilous: the scaling introduces a small positive error, which
+ * combined with a division-rounding-upward (i.e. adding 2^(scale) - 1
+ * units to the intermediate before shifting) leads to accidental
+ * overflow and overestimates.
+ *
+ * At the cost of one additional multiplication by a constant, just
+ * use the timespec implementation.
  */
 unsigned long
 timeval_to_jiffies(const struct timeval *value)
 {
-	unsigned long sec = value->tv_sec;
-	long usec = value->tv_usec;
-
-	if (sec >= MAX_SEC_IN_JIFFIES){
-		sec = MAX_SEC_IN_JIFFIES;
-		usec = 0;
-	}
-	return (((u64)sec * SEC_CONVERSION) +
-		(((u64)usec * USEC_CONVERSION + USEC_ROUND) >>
-		 (USEC_JIFFIE_SC - SEC_JIFFIE_SC))) >> SEC_JIFFIE_SC;
+	return __timespec_to_jiffies(value->tv_sec,
+				     value->tv_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(timeval_to_jiffies);