diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 50612faa9baf268f95df39c5a518c3b9b4fce606..848b1c2ab09a411858c8bef030ecdfc61b8017e8 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(gettimeofday, struct timeval __user *, tv,
  */
 static inline void warp_clock(void)
 {
-	struct timespec delta, adjust;
-	delta.tv_sec = sys_tz.tz_minuteswest * 60;
-	delta.tv_nsec = 0;
-	adjust = timespec_add_safe(current_kernel_time(), delta);
+	struct timespec adjust;
+
+	adjust = current_kernel_time();
+	adjust.tv_sec += sys_tz.tz_minuteswest * 60;
 	do_settimeofday(&adjust);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 9199f3c5221526a1f7f60e52a33f7a6554cc0adf..be394af5bc22c9eee0e65953141cca231f001d9f 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -750,13 +750,14 @@ unsigned long apply_slack(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
 	unsigned long expires_limit, mask;
 	int bit;
 
-	expires_limit = expires + timer->slack;
+	expires_limit = expires;
 
-	if (timer->slack < 0) /* auto slack: use 0.4% */
+	if (timer->slack > -1)
+		expires_limit = expires + timer->slack;
+	else if (time_after(expires, jiffies)) /* auto slack: use 0.4% */
 		expires_limit = expires + (expires - jiffies)/256;
 
 	mask = expires ^ expires_limit;
-
 	if (mask == 0)
 		return expires;