diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index c49c4ec..9054139 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 	if (t->parms.iph.ttl == 0 && type == ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (jiffies - t->err_time < IPTUNNEL_ERR_TIMEO)
+	if (time_before(jiffies, t->err_time + IPTUNNEL_ERR_TIMEO))
 		t->err_count++;
 	else
 		t->err_count = 1;
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@
 	}
 
 	if (tunnel->err_count > 0) {
-		if (jiffies - tunnel->err_time < IPTUNNEL_ERR_TIMEO) {
+		if (time_before(jiffies,
+				tunnel->err_time + IPTUNNEL_ERR_TIMEO)) {
 			tunnel->err_count--;
 			dst_link_failure(skb);
 		} else