diff --git a/net/sched/act_gate.c b/net/sched/act_gate.c
index fdbfcaa3e2ab..ad5a6d75bbda 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_gate.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_gate.c
@@ -501,6 +501,8 @@ static int tcf_gate_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 			cycle = ktime_add_ns(cycle, entry->interval);
 		cycletime = cycle;
 	}
+	if (cycletime > S64_MAX)
+		cycletime = S64_MAX;
 	p->tcfg_cycletime = cycletime;
 	p->tcfg_cycletime_ext = cycletime_ext;