diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
index c5fbabb..3806961 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 
 #define EFI_ISDST (EFI_TIME_ADJUST_DAYLIGHT|EFI_TIME_IN_DAYLIGHT)
-/*
- * EFI Epoch is 1/1/1998
- */
-#define EFI_RTC_EPOCH		1998
 
 /*
  * returns day of the year [0-365]
@@ -38,31 +34,24 @@
 	/* efi_time_t.month is in the [1-12] so, we need -1 */
 	return rtc_year_days(eft->day, eft->month - 1, eft->year);
 }
+
 /*
  * returns day of the week [0-6] 0=Sunday
- *
- * Don't try to provide a year that's before 1998, please !
  */
 static int
-compute_wday(efi_time_t *eft)
+compute_wday(efi_time_t *eft, int yday)
 {
-	int y;
-	int ndays = 0;
-
-	if (eft->year < EFI_RTC_EPOCH) {
-		pr_err("EFI year < " __stringify(EFI_RTC_EPOCH) ", invalid date\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	for (y = EFI_RTC_EPOCH; y < eft->year; y++)
-		ndays += 365 + (is_leap_year(y) ? 1 : 0);
-
-	ndays += compute_yday(eft);
+	int ndays = eft->year * (365 % 7)
+		    + (eft->year - 1) / 4
+		    - (eft->year - 1) / 100
+		    + (eft->year - 1) / 400
+		    + yday;
 
 	/*
-	 * 4=1/1/1998 was a Thursday
+	 * 1/1/0000 may or may not have been a Sunday (if it ever existed at
+	 * all) but assuming it was makes this calculation work correctly.
 	 */
-	return (ndays + 4) % 7;
+	return ndays % 7;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -103,16 +92,16 @@
 	if (!eft->month || eft->month > 12)
 		return false;
 	wtime->tm_mon  = eft->month - 1;
-	wtime->tm_year = eft->year - 1900;
 
-	/* day of the week [0-6], Sunday=0 */
-	wtime->tm_wday = compute_wday(eft);
-	if (wtime->tm_wday < 0)
+	if (eft->year < 1900 || eft->year > 9999)
 		return false;
+	wtime->tm_year = eft->year - 1900;
 
 	/* day in the year [1-365]*/
 	wtime->tm_yday = compute_yday(eft);
 
+	/* day of the week [0-6], Sunday=0 */
+	wtime->tm_wday = compute_wday(eft, wtime->tm_yday);
 
 	switch (eft->daylight & EFI_ISDST) {
 	case EFI_ISDST: