diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 5f8b6d3..091c5392 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -40,15 +40,17 @@ static u32 tcp_clamp_rto_to_user_timeout(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	u32 elapsed, start_ts;
+	s32 remaining;
 
 	start_ts = tcp_retransmit_stamp(sk);
 	if (!icsk->icsk_user_timeout || !start_ts)
 		return icsk->icsk_rto;
 	elapsed = tcp_time_stamp(tcp_sk(sk)) - start_ts;
-	if (elapsed >= icsk->icsk_user_timeout)
+	remaining = icsk->icsk_user_timeout - elapsed;
+	if (remaining <= 0)
 		return 1; /* user timeout has passed; fire ASAP */
-	else
-		return min_t(u32, icsk->icsk_rto, msecs_to_jiffies(icsk->icsk_user_timeout - elapsed));
+
+	return min_t(u32, icsk->icsk_rto, msecs_to_jiffies(remaining));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ static bool retransmits_timed_out(struct sock *sk,
 				(boundary - linear_backoff_thresh) * TCP_RTO_MAX;
 		timeout = jiffies_to_msecs(timeout);
 	}
-	return (tcp_time_stamp(tcp_sk(sk)) - start_ts) >= timeout;
+	return (s32)(tcp_time_stamp(tcp_sk(sk)) - start_ts - timeout) >= 0;
 }
 
 /* A write timeout has occurred. Process the after effects. */