diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index dd094b387cab..0bc167aca46d 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1892,15 +1892,15 @@ static int io_timeout(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	unsigned count, req_dist, tail_index;
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 	struct list_head *entry;
-	struct timespec ts;
+	struct timespec64 ts;
 
 	if (unlikely(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (sqe->flags || sqe->ioprio || sqe->buf_index || sqe->timeout_flags ||
 	    sqe->len != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (copy_from_user(&ts, (void __user *) (unsigned long) sqe->addr,
-	    sizeof(ts)))
+
+	if (get_timespec64(&ts, u64_to_user_ptr(sqe->addr)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/*
@@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@ static int io_timeout(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 
 	hrtimer_init(&req->timeout.timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 	req->timeout.timer.function = io_timeout_fn;
-	hrtimer_start(&req->timeout.timer, timespec_to_ktime(ts),
+	hrtimer_start(&req->timeout.timer, timespec64_to_ktime(ts),
 			HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 	return 0;
 }