diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index c367cbdf73ab..9527ddbb0f1b 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/timex.h>
 #include <asm/param.h>			/* for HZ */
+#include <generated/timeconst.h>
 
 /*
  * The following defines establish the engineering parameters of the PLL
@@ -288,7 +289,68 @@ static inline u64 jiffies_to_nsecs(const unsigned long j)
 	return (u64)jiffies_to_usecs(j) * NSEC_PER_USEC;
 }
 
-extern unsigned long msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m);
+extern unsigned long __msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m);
+#if HZ <= MSEC_PER_SEC && !(MSEC_PER_SEC % HZ)
+/*
+ * HZ is equal to or smaller than 1000, and 1000 is a nice round
+ * multiple of HZ, divide with the factor between them, but round
+ * upwards:
+ */
+static inline unsigned long _msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
+{
+		return (m + (MSEC_PER_SEC / HZ) - 1) / (MSEC_PER_SEC / HZ);
+}
+#elif HZ > MSEC_PER_SEC && !(HZ % MSEC_PER_SEC)
+/*
+ * HZ is larger than 1000, and HZ is a nice round multiple of 1000 -
+ * simply multiply with the factor between them.
+ *
+ * But first make sure the multiplication result cannot overflow:
+ */
+static inline unsigned long _msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
+{
+		if (m > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET))
+			return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
+		return m * (HZ / MSEC_PER_SEC);
+}
+#else
+/*
+ * Generic case - multiply, round and divide. But first check that if
+ * we are doing a net multiplication, that we wouldn't overflow:
+ */
+static inline unsigned long _msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
+{
+		if (HZ > MSEC_PER_SEC && m > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET))
+			return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
+
+		return (MSEC_TO_HZ_MUL32 * m + MSEC_TO_HZ_ADJ32)
+			>> MSEC_TO_HZ_SHR32;
+}
+#endif
+/**
+ * msecs_to_jiffies: - convert milliseconds to jiffies
+ * @m:	time in milliseconds
+ *
+ * conversion is done as follows:
+ *
+ * - negative values mean 'infinite timeout' (MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET)
+ *
+ * - 'too large' values [that would result in larger than
+ *   MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET values] mean 'infinite timeout' too.
+ *
+ * - all other values are converted to jiffies by either multiplying
+ *   the input value by a factor or dividing it with a factor and
+ *   handling any 32-bit overflows.
+ *   for the details see __msecs_to_jiffies()
+ *
+ * the HZ range specific helpers _msecs_to_jiffies() are called from
+ * __msecs_to_jiffies().
+ */
+static inline unsigned long msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
+{
+	return __msecs_to_jiffies(m);
+}
+
 extern unsigned long usecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int u);
 extern unsigned long timespec_to_jiffies(const struct timespec *value);
 extern void jiffies_to_timespec(const unsigned long jiffies,
diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index 4fa1d26a9843..c42c2c3214fe 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -483,9 +483,11 @@ struct timespec64 ns_to_timespec64(const s64 nsec)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_to_timespec64);
 #endif
-/*
- * When we convert to jiffies then we interpret incoming values
- * the following way:
+/**
+ * msecs_to_jiffies: - convert milliseconds to jiffies
+ * @m:	time in milliseconds
+ *
+ * conversion is done as follows:
  *
  * - negative values mean 'infinite timeout' (MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET)
  *
@@ -493,51 +495,28 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_to_timespec64);
  *   MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET values] mean 'infinite timeout' too.
  *
  * - all other values are converted to jiffies by either multiplying
- *   the input value by a factor or dividing it with a factor
+ *   the input value by a factor or dividing it with a factor and
+ *   handling any 32-bit overflows.
+ *   for the details see __msecs_to_jiffies()
  *
- * We must also be careful about 32-bit overflows.
+ * msecs_to_jiffies() checks for the passed in value being a constant
+ * via __builtin_constant_p() allowing gcc to eliminate most of the
+ * code, __msecs_to_jiffies() is called if the value passed does not
+ * allow constant folding and the actual conversion must be done at
+ * runtime.
+ * the _msecs_to_jiffies helpers are the HZ dependent conversion
+ * routines found in include/linux/jiffies.h
  */
-unsigned long msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
+unsigned long __msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Negative value, means infinite timeout:
 	 */
 	if ((int)m < 0)
 		return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
-
-#if HZ <= MSEC_PER_SEC && !(MSEC_PER_SEC % HZ)
-	/*
-	 * HZ is equal to or smaller than 1000, and 1000 is a nice
-	 * round multiple of HZ, divide with the factor between them,
-	 * but round upwards:
-	 */
-	return (m + (MSEC_PER_SEC / HZ) - 1) / (MSEC_PER_SEC / HZ);
-#elif HZ > MSEC_PER_SEC && !(HZ % MSEC_PER_SEC)
-	/*
-	 * HZ is larger than 1000, and HZ is a nice round multiple of
-	 * 1000 - simply multiply with the factor between them.
-	 *
-	 * But first make sure the multiplication result cannot
-	 * overflow:
-	 */
-	if (m > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET))
-		return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
-
-	return m * (HZ / MSEC_PER_SEC);
-#else
-	/*
-	 * Generic case - multiply, round and divide. But first
-	 * check that if we are doing a net multiplication, that
-	 * we wouldn't overflow:
-	 */
-	if (HZ > MSEC_PER_SEC && m > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET))
-		return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
-
-	return (MSEC_TO_HZ_MUL32 * m + MSEC_TO_HZ_ADJ32)
-		>> MSEC_TO_HZ_SHR32;
-#endif
+	return _msecs_to_jiffies(m);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(msecs_to_jiffies);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__msecs_to_jiffies);
 
 unsigned long usecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int u)
 {