diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/obd.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/obd.h
index fea7e6cd44c3..f96f65d5168f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/obd.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/obd.h
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ static inline void __client_obd_list_lock(client_obd_lock_t *lock,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if ((jiffies - cur > 5 * HZ) &&
-		    (jiffies - lock->time > 5 * HZ)) {
+		if (time_before(cur + 5 * HZ, jiffies) &&
+		    time_before(lock->time + 5 * HZ, jiffies)) {
 			struct task_struct *task = lock->task;
 
 			if (task == NULL)