diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/duration.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/duration.cpp
index 317d6b0e90..6c20757d46 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/duration.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/duration.cpp
@@ -67,13 +67,27 @@ Duration::operator builtin_interfaces::msg::Duration() const
 {
   builtin_interfaces::msg::Duration msg_duration;
   constexpr rcl_duration_value_t kDivisor = RCL_S_TO_NS(1);
+  constexpr int32_t max_s = std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max();
+  constexpr int32_t min_s = std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min();
+  constexpr uint32_t max_ns = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max();
   const auto result = std::div(rcl_duration_.nanoseconds, kDivisor);
   if (result.rem >= 0) {
-    msg_duration.sec = static_cast<std::int32_t>(result.quot);
-    msg_duration.nanosec = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(result.rem);
+    // saturate if we will overflow
+    if (result.quot > max_s) {
+      msg_duration.sec = max_s;
+      msg_duration.nanosec = max_ns;
+    } else {
+      msg_duration.sec = static_cast<int32_t>(result.quot);
+      msg_duration.nanosec = static_cast<uint32_t>(result.rem);
+    }
   } else {
-    msg_duration.sec = static_cast<std::int32_t>(result.quot - 1);
-    msg_duration.nanosec = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(kDivisor + result.rem);
+    if (result.quot <= min_s) {
+      msg_duration.sec = min_s;
+      msg_duration.nanosec = 0u;
+    } else {
+      msg_duration.sec = static_cast<int32_t>(result.quot - 1);
+      msg_duration.nanosec = static_cast<uint32_t>(kDivisor + result.rem);
+    }
   }
   return msg_duration;
 }
@@ -238,11 +252,14 @@ Duration::to_rmw_time() const
     throw std::runtime_error("rmw_time_t cannot be negative");
   }
 
-  // reuse conversion logic from msg creation
-  builtin_interfaces::msg::Duration msg = *this;
+  // Purposefully avoid creating from builtin_interfaces::msg::Duration
+  // to avoid possible overflow converting from int64_t to int32_t, then back to uint64_t
   rmw_time_t result;
-  result.sec = static_cast<uint64_t>(msg.sec);
-  result.nsec = static_cast<uint64_t>(msg.nanosec);
+  constexpr rcl_duration_value_t kDivisor = RCL_S_TO_NS(1);
+  const auto div_result = std::div(rcl_duration_.nanoseconds, kDivisor);
+  result.sec = static_cast<uint64_t>(div_result.quot);
+  result.nsec = static_cast<uint64_t>(div_result.rem);
+
   return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_duration.cpp b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_duration.cpp
index 0d349d0d12..319ce06601 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_duration.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_duration.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ TEST_F(TestDuration, maximum_duration) {
 static const int64_t HALF_SEC_IN_NS = 500 * 1000 * 1000;
 static const int64_t ONE_SEC_IN_NS = 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
 static const int64_t ONE_AND_HALF_SEC_IN_NS = 3 * HALF_SEC_IN_NS;
+static const int64_t MAX_NANOSECONDS = std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max();
 
 TEST_F(TestDuration, from_seconds) {
   EXPECT_EQ(rclcpp::Duration(0ns), rclcpp::Duration::from_seconds(0.0));
@@ -267,6 +268,34 @@ TEST_F(TestDuration, conversions) {
     auto chrono_duration = duration.to_chrono<std::chrono::nanoseconds>();
     EXPECT_EQ(chrono_duration.count(), -ONE_AND_HALF_SEC_IN_NS);
   }
+
+  {
+    auto duration = rclcpp::Duration::from_nanoseconds(MAX_NANOSECONDS);
+
+    const auto duration_msg = static_cast<builtin_interfaces::msg::Duration>(duration);
+    EXPECT_EQ(duration_msg.sec, std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max());
+    EXPECT_EQ(duration_msg.nanosec, std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max());
+
+    auto rmw_time = duration.to_rmw_time();
+    EXPECT_EQ(rmw_time.sec, 9223372036u);
+    EXPECT_EQ(rmw_time.nsec, 854775807u);
+
+    auto chrono_duration = duration.to_chrono<std::chrono::nanoseconds>();
+    EXPECT_EQ(chrono_duration.count(), MAX_NANOSECONDS);
+  }
+
+  {
+    auto duration = rclcpp::Duration::from_nanoseconds(-MAX_NANOSECONDS);
+
+    const auto duration_msg = static_cast<builtin_interfaces::msg::Duration>(duration);
+    EXPECT_EQ(duration_msg.sec, std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min());
+    EXPECT_EQ(duration_msg.nanosec, 0u);
+
+    EXPECT_THROW(duration.to_rmw_time(), std::runtime_error);
+
+    auto chrono_duration = duration.to_chrono<std::chrono::nanoseconds>();
+    EXPECT_EQ(chrono_duration.count(), -MAX_NANOSECONDS);
+  }
 }
 
 TEST_F(TestDuration, test_some_constructors) {