diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 59e2749..457d2ba 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -622,17 +622,13 @@
 		ntp_update_frequency();
 }
 
-/*
- * adjtimex mainly allows reading (and writing, if superuser) of
- * kernel time-keeping variables. used by xntpd.
- */
-int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
-{
-	struct timespec ts;
-	u32 time_tai, orig_tai;
-	int result;
 
-	/* Validate the data before disabling interrupts */
+
+/**
+ * ntp_validate_timex - Ensures the timex is ok for use in do_adjtimex
+ */
+int ntp_validate_timex(struct timex *txc)
+{
 	if (txc->modes & ADJ_ADJTIME) {
 		/* singleshot must not be used with any other mode bits */
 		if (!(txc->modes & ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT))
@@ -644,7 +640,6 @@
 		/* In order to modify anything, you gotta be super-user! */
 		 if (txc->modes && !capable(CAP_SYS_TIME))
 			return -EPERM;
-
 		/*
 		 * if the quartz is off by more than 10% then
 		 * something is VERY wrong!
@@ -655,12 +650,32 @@
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if ((txc->modes & ADJ_SETOFFSET) && (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME)))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * adjtimex mainly allows reading (and writing, if superuser) of
+ * kernel time-keeping variables. used by xntpd.
+ */
+int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
+{
+	struct timespec ts;
+	u32 time_tai, orig_tai;
+	int result;
+
+	/* Validate the data before disabling interrupts */
+	result = ntp_validate_timex(txc);
+	if (result)
+		return result;
+
 	if (txc->modes & ADJ_SETOFFSET) {
 		struct timespec delta;
 		delta.tv_sec  = txc->time.tv_sec;
 		delta.tv_nsec = txc->time.tv_usec;
-		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME))
-			return -EPERM;
 		if (!(txc->modes & ADJ_NANO))
 			delta.tv_nsec *= 1000;
 		result = timekeeping_inject_offset(&delta);