diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 6e921754c8fc..ec86e77d3055 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ struct timex32 {
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(old_adjtimex, struct timex32 __user *, txc_p)
 {
-        struct timex txc;
+	struct __kernel_timex txc;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* copy relevant bits of struct timex. */
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
index 7eacc1c4b3b1..f2147e9dd3ca 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int ptp_clock_gettime(struct posix_clock *pc, struct timespec64 *tp)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ptp_clock_adjtime(struct posix_clock *pc, struct timex *tx)
+static int ptp_clock_adjtime(struct posix_clock *pc, struct __kernel_timex *tx)
 {
 	struct ptp_clock *ptp = container_of(pc, struct ptp_clock, clock);
 	struct ptp_clock_info *ops;
diff --git a/include/linux/compat_time.h b/include/linux/compat_time.h
index f04454e1b863..25dbd59b3b43 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat_time.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat_time.h
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ extern int get_compat_itimerspec64(struct itimerspec64 *its,
 			const struct compat_itimerspec __user *uits);
 extern int put_compat_itimerspec64(const struct itimerspec64 *its,
 			struct compat_itimerspec __user *uits);
-struct timex;
-int compat_get_timex(struct timex *, const struct compat_timex __user *);
-int compat_put_timex(struct compat_timex __user *, const struct timex *);
+struct __kernel_timex;
+int compat_get_timex(struct __kernel_timex *, const struct compat_timex __user *);
+int compat_put_timex(struct compat_timex __user *, const struct __kernel_timex *);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_COMPAT_TIME_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/posix-clock.h b/include/linux/posix-clock.h
index 3a3bc71017d5..18674d7d5b1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix-clock.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix-clock.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct posix_clock;
 struct posix_clock_operations {
 	struct module *owner;
 
-	int  (*clock_adjtime)(struct posix_clock *pc, struct timex *tx);
+	int  (*clock_adjtime)(struct posix_clock *pc, struct __kernel_timex *tx);
 
 	int  (*clock_gettime)(struct posix_clock *pc, struct timespec64 *ts);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/timex.h b/include/linux/timex.h
index 7f40e9e42ecc..cb894730463c 100644
--- a/include/linux/timex.h
+++ b/include/linux/timex.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ extern unsigned long tick_nsec;		/* SHIFTED_HZ period (nsec) */
 #define NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ  (HZ)
 #define NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH (NSEC_PER_SEC/NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ)
 
-extern int do_adjtimex(struct timex *);
+extern int do_adjtimex(struct __kernel_timex *);
 extern void hardpps(const struct timespec64 *, const struct timespec64 *);
 
 int read_current_timer(unsigned long *timer_val);
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 10a79053e82f..7da9eb8adfd4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static inline int is_error_status(int status)
 			&& (status & (STA_PPSWANDER|STA_PPSERROR)));
 }
 
-static inline void pps_fill_timex(struct timex *txc)
+static inline void pps_fill_timex(struct __kernel_timex *txc)
 {
 	txc->ppsfreq	   = shift_right((pps_freq >> PPM_SCALE_INV_SHIFT) *
 					 PPM_SCALE_INV, NTP_SCALE_SHIFT);
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static inline int is_error_status(int status)
 	return status & (STA_UNSYNC|STA_CLOCKERR);
 }
 
-static inline void pps_fill_timex(struct timex *txc)
+static inline void pps_fill_timex(struct __kernel_timex *txc)
 {
 	/* PPS is not implemented, so these are zero */
 	txc->ppsfreq	   = 0;
@@ -642,7 +642,8 @@ void ntp_notify_cmos_timer(void)
 /*
  * Propagate a new txc->status value into the NTP state:
  */
-static inline void process_adj_status(struct timex *txc, struct timespec64 *ts)
+static inline void process_adj_status(struct __kernel_timex *txc,
+				      struct timespec64 *ts)
 {
 	if ((time_status & STA_PLL) && !(txc->status & STA_PLL)) {
 		time_state = TIME_OK;
@@ -665,7 +666,7 @@ static inline void process_adj_status(struct timex *txc, struct timespec64 *ts)
 }
 
 
-static inline void process_adjtimex_modes(struct timex *txc,
+static inline void process_adjtimex_modes(struct __kernel_timex *txc,
 						struct timespec64 *ts,
 						s32 *time_tai)
 {
@@ -718,7 +719,8 @@ static inline void process_adjtimex_modes(struct timex *txc,
  * adjtimex mainly allows reading (and writing, if superuser) of
  * kernel time-keeping variables. used by xntpd.
  */
-int __do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc, struct timespec64 *ts, s32 *time_tai)
+int __do_adjtimex(struct __kernel_timex *txc, struct timespec64 *ts,
+		  s32 *time_tai)
 {
 	int result;
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp_internal.h b/kernel/time/ntp_internal.h
index 909bd1f1bfb1..4386138bed32 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp_internal.h
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ extern void ntp_clear(void);
 extern u64 ntp_tick_length(void);
 extern ktime_t ntp_get_next_leap(void);
 extern int second_overflow(time64_t secs);
-extern int __do_adjtimex(struct timex *, struct timespec64 *, s32 *);
+extern int __do_adjtimex(struct __kernel_timex *, struct timespec64 *, s32 *);
 extern void __hardpps(const struct timespec64 *, const struct timespec64 *);
 #endif /* _LINUX_NTP_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
index fe56c4e06c51..a138642553cf 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static void put_clock_desc(struct posix_clock_desc *cd)
 	fput(cd->fp);
 }
 
-static int pc_clock_adjtime(clockid_t id, struct timex *tx)
+static int pc_clock_adjtime(clockid_t id, struct __kernel_timex *tx)
 {
 	struct posix_clock_desc cd;
 	int err;
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index 3ac7295306dc..a2595cb0cb16 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int posix_clock_realtime_set(const clockid_t which_clock,
 }
 
 static int posix_clock_realtime_adj(const clockid_t which_clock,
-				    struct timex *t)
+				    struct __kernel_timex *t)
 {
 	return do_adjtimex(t);
 }
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(clock_adjtime, const clockid_t, which_clock,
 		struct timex __user *, utx)
 {
 	const struct k_clock *kc = clockid_to_kclock(which_clock);
-	struct timex ktx;
+	struct __kernel_timex ktx;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!kc)
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.h b/kernel/time/posix-timers.h
index ddb21145211a..de5daa6d975a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.h
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ struct k_clock {
 			     const struct timespec64 *tp);
 	int	(*clock_get)(const clockid_t which_clock,
 			     struct timespec64 *tp);
-	int	(*clock_adj)(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timex *tx);
+	int	(*clock_adj)(const clockid_t which_clock, struct __kernel_timex *tx);
 	int	(*timer_create)(struct k_itimer *timer);
 	int	(*nsleep)(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,
 			  const struct timespec64 *);
diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index c40cce820380..2c5afb008b14 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -265,24 +265,24 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct compat_timeval __user *, tv,
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(adjtimex, struct timex __user *, txc_p)
 {
-	struct timex txc;		/* Local copy of parameter */
+	struct __kernel_timex txc;		/* Local copy of parameter */
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Copy the user data space into the kernel copy
 	 * structure. But bear in mind that the structures
 	 * may change
 	 */
-	if (copy_from_user(&txc, txc_p, sizeof(struct timex)))
+	if (copy_from_user(&txc, txc_p, sizeof(struct __kernel_timex)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	ret = do_adjtimex(&txc);
-	return copy_to_user(txc_p, &txc, sizeof(struct timex)) ? -EFAULT : ret;
+	return copy_to_user(txc_p, &txc, sizeof(struct __kernel_timex)) ? -EFAULT : ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE1(adjtimex, struct compat_timex __user *, utp)
 {
-	struct timex txc;
+	struct __kernel_timex txc;
 	int err, ret;
 
 	err = compat_get_timex(&txc, utp);
@@ -979,11 +979,11 @@ int put_compat_itimerspec64(const struct itimerspec64 *its,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_compat_itimerspec64);
 
-int compat_get_timex(struct timex *txc, const struct compat_timex __user *utp)
+int compat_get_timex(struct __kernel_timex *txc, const struct compat_timex __user *utp)
 {
 	struct compat_timex tx32;
 
-	memset(txc, 0, sizeof(struct timex));
+	memset(txc, 0, sizeof(struct __kernel_timex));
 	if (copy_from_user(&tx32, utp, sizeof(struct compat_timex)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ int compat_get_timex(struct timex *txc, const struct compat_timex __user *utp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int compat_put_timex(struct compat_timex __user *utp, const struct timex *txc)
+int compat_put_timex(struct compat_timex __user *utp, const struct __kernel_timex *txc)
 {
 	struct compat_timex tx32;
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 77c436a0070b..9bb7e977f50e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ ktime_t ktime_get_update_offsets_now(unsigned int *cwsseq, ktime_t *offs_real,
 /**
  * timekeeping_validate_timex - Ensures the timex is ok for use in do_adjtimex
  */
-static int timekeeping_validate_timex(struct timex *txc)
+static int timekeeping_validate_timex(struct __kernel_timex *txc)
 {
 	if (txc->modes & ADJ_ADJTIME) {
 		/* singleshot must not be used with any other mode bits */
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ static int timekeeping_validate_timex(struct timex *txc)
 /**
  * do_adjtimex() - Accessor function to NTP __do_adjtimex function
  */
-int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
+int do_adjtimex(struct __kernel_timex *txc)
 {
 	struct timekeeper *tk = &tk_core.timekeeper;
 	unsigned long flags;
