diff --git a/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c b/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
index e1cfa06810ef..e79f2a181ad2 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ static int __init rtc_hctosys(void)
 
 	tv64.tv_sec = rtc_tm_to_time64(&tm);
 
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+	if (tv64.tv_sec > INT_MAX)
+		goto err_read;
+#endif
+
 	err = do_settimeofday64(&tv64);
 
 	dev_info(rtc->dev.parent,