diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
index 59608e341385d56ce3c70304a77480ff0abbe5b0..45806d27579ab8bbc13f94d2f6865fa0b9b5b9e9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/input.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 
 extern void ctrl_alt_del(void);
 
@@ -928,7 +929,8 @@ static void k_brl(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char value, char up_flag)
 	if (up_flag) {
 		if (brl_timeout) {
 			if (!committing ||
-			    jiffies - releasestart > (brl_timeout * HZ) / 1000) {
+			    time_after(jiffies,
+				       releasestart + msecs_to_jiffies(brl_timeout))) {
 				committing = pressed;
 				releasestart = jiffies;
 			}