diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c
index d8be23f..5538471 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
 			static unsigned char count;
 			static long last_time;
 
-			if (jiffies - last_time > 5*HZ)
+			if (time_after(jiffies, last_time + 5 * HZ))
 				count = 0;
 			if (++count < 5) {
 				last_time = jiffies;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
index 338dbb8..1ae5129 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
  * 2007-04-27 Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com>
  *	      Support multiple cpus going through OS_MCA in the same event.
  */
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -293,7 +294,8 @@
 	if (mlogbuf_finished)
 		return;
 
-	if (mlogbuf_timestamp && (mlogbuf_timestamp + 30*HZ > jiffies)) {
+	if (mlogbuf_timestamp &&
+			time_before(jiffies, mlogbuf_timestamp + 30 * HZ)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "INIT: mlogbuf_dump is interrupted by INIT "
 			" and the system seems to be messed up.\n");
 		ia64_mlogbuf_finish(0);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c
index 6903361..ff0e7c1 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * 2001/08/13	Correct size of extended floats (float_fsz) from 16 to 10 bytes.
  * 2001/01/17	Add support emulation of unaligned kernel accesses.
  */
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
@@ -1290,7 +1291,7 @@
 {
 	static unsigned long count, last_time;
 
-	if (jiffies - last_time > 5*HZ)
+	if (time_after(jiffies, last_time + 5 * HZ))
 		count = 0;
 	if (count < 5) {
 		last_time = jiffies;