diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index ea3559f0..9072df8 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -76,9 +76,25 @@
 			    const unsigned int min, const unsigned int sec);
 
 extern void set_normalized_timespec(struct timespec *ts, time_t sec, s64 nsec);
+
+/*
+ * timespec_add_safe assumes both values are positive and checks
+ * for overflow. It will return TIME_T_MAX if the reutrn would be
+ * smaller then either of the arguments.
+ */
 extern struct timespec timespec_add_safe(const struct timespec lhs,
 					 const struct timespec rhs);
 
+
+static inline struct timespec timespec_add(struct timespec lhs,
+						struct timespec rhs)
+{
+	struct timespec ts_delta;
+	set_normalized_timespec(&ts_delta, lhs.tv_sec + rhs.tv_sec,
+				lhs.tv_nsec + rhs.tv_nsec);
+	return ts_delta;
+}
+
 /*
  * sub = lhs - rhs, in normalized form
  */