diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index 7bbe0263411e..ccaac5e29f90 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -487,12 +487,13 @@ static long i2cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		client->adapter->retries = arg;
 		break;
 	case I2C_TIMEOUT:
-		if (arg > INT_MAX)
+		/*
+		 * For historical reasons, user-space sets the timeout value in
+		 * units of 10 ms.
+		 */
+		if (arg > INT_MAX / 10)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		/* For historical reasons, user-space sets the timeout
-		 * value in units of 10 ms.
-		 */
 		client->adapter->timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(arg * 10);
 		break;
 	default: