diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index b691eb4f6376..4270ad2d4ddf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /* ethtool support for e1000 */
 
 #include "e1000.h"
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 enum {NETDEV_STATS, E1000_STATS};
@@ -1460,7 +1461,7 @@ static int e1000_run_loopback_test(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 			ret_val = 13; /* ret_val is the same as mis-compare */
 			break;
 		}
-		if (jiffies >= (time + 2)) {
+		if (time_after_eq(jiffies, time + 2)) {
 			ret_val = 14; /* error code for time out error */
 			break;
 		}