diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 836ec66069254752c7ca2b9db0a597419dd758a2..1a53fb39b7e008efa67709bcd4ac984426e064df 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -99,7 +99,14 @@ static void dst_run_gc(unsigned long dummy)
 	printk("dst_total: %d/%d %ld\n",
 	       atomic_read(&dst_total), delayed,  dst_gc_timer_expires);
 #endif
-	mod_timer(&dst_gc_timer, jiffies + dst_gc_timer_expires);
+	/* if the next desired timer is more than 4 seconds in the future
+	 * then round the timer to whole seconds
+	 */
+	if (dst_gc_timer_expires > 4*HZ)
+		mod_timer(&dst_gc_timer,
+			round_jiffies(jiffies + dst_gc_timer_expires));
+	else
+		mod_timer(&dst_gc_timer, jiffies + dst_gc_timer_expires);
 
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&dst_lock);
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 9e26f38ea6e58fd26e2af3e78be1914050e26341..054d46493d2be47b4ab9b4a467dd8f08052b5bf3 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -696,7 +696,10 @@ static void neigh_periodic_timer(unsigned long arg)
 	if (!expire)
 		expire = 1;
 
- 	mod_timer(&tbl->gc_timer, now + expire);
+	if (expire>HZ)
+		mod_timer(&tbl->gc_timer, round_jiffies(now + expire));
+	else
+		mod_timer(&tbl->gc_timer, now + expire);
 
 	write_unlock(&tbl->lock);
 }
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index bc116bd6937c01ffba6adcb142161f38b05b7e8c..3b6e6a7809278f69769ca764f65df928d0e023d3 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static void dev_watchdog(unsigned long arg)
 				       dev->name);
 				dev->tx_timeout(dev);
 			}
-			if (!mod_timer(&dev->watchdog_timer, jiffies + dev->watchdog_timeo))
+			if (!mod_timer(&dev->watchdog_timer, round_jiffies(jiffies + dev->watchdog_timeo)))
 				dev_hold(dev);
 		}
 	}