diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
index e99242164076..c552f0c3890c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static inline int align_pitch(int width, int bpp)
 static inline unsigned long timeout_to_jiffies(const ktime_t *timeout)
 {
 	ktime_t now = ktime_get();
-	unsigned long remaining_jiffies;
+	s64 remaining_jiffies;
 
 	if (ktime_compare(*timeout, now) < 0) {
 		remaining_jiffies = 0;
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static inline unsigned long timeout_to_jiffies(const ktime_t *timeout)
 		remaining_jiffies = ktime_divns(rem, NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ);
 	}
 
-	return remaining_jiffies;
+	return clamp(remaining_jiffies, 0LL, (s64)INT_MAX);
 }
 
 #endif /* __MSM_DRV_H__ */