diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
index 0b873d455bda..28b2c00bd1be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
@@ -55,22 +55,6 @@ notrace static noinline int do_realtime(struct timespec *ts)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Copy of the version in kernel/time.c which we cannot directly access */
-notrace static void
-vset_normalized_timespec(struct timespec *ts, long sec, long nsec)
-{
-	while (nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC) {
-		nsec -= NSEC_PER_SEC;
-		++sec;
-	}
-	while (nsec < 0) {
-		nsec += NSEC_PER_SEC;
-		--sec;
-	}
-	ts->tv_sec = sec;
-	ts->tv_nsec = nsec;
-}
-
 notrace static noinline int do_monotonic(struct timespec *ts)
 {
 	unsigned long seq, ns, secs;
@@ -81,7 +65,17 @@ notrace static noinline int do_monotonic(struct timespec *ts)
 		secs += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec;
 		ns += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec;
 	} while (unlikely(read_seqretry(&gtod->lock, seq)));
-	vset_normalized_timespec(ts, secs, ns);
+
+	/* wall_time_nsec, vgetns(), and wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec
+	 * are all guaranteed to be nonnegative.
+	 */
+	while (ns >= NSEC_PER_SEC) {
+		ns -= NSEC_PER_SEC;
+		++secs;
+	}
+	ts->tv_sec = secs;
+	ts->tv_nsec = ns;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -106,7 +100,17 @@ notrace static noinline int do_monotonic_coarse(struct timespec *ts)
 		secs += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec;
 		ns += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec;
 	} while (unlikely(read_seqretry(&gtod->lock, seq)));
-	vset_normalized_timespec(ts, secs, ns);
+
+	/* wall_time_nsec and wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec are
+	 * guaranteed to be between 0 and NSEC_PER_SEC.
+	 */
+	if (ns >= NSEC_PER_SEC) {
+		ns -= NSEC_PER_SEC;
+		++secs;
+	}
+	ts->tv_sec = secs;
+	ts->tv_nsec = ns;
+
 	return 0;
 }