diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_sync_timeline.c b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_sync_timeline.c
index 7bb974d752e..d2d712daa84 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_sync_timeline.c
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_sync_timeline.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
 #include "util/os_time.h"
+#include "util/timespec.h"
 
 #include "vk_alloc.h"
 #include "vk_device.h"
@@ -420,34 +421,6 @@ vk_sync_timeline_get_value(struct vk_device *device,
    return VK_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-#define NSEC_PER_SEC 1000000000ull
-
-static bool
-timespec_add_ns_overflow(struct timespec ts, uint64_t ns,
-                         struct timespec *ts_out)
-{
-   STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(ts.tv_sec) <= sizeof(uint64_t));
-
-   /* We don't know so assume it's signed */
-   const uint64_t max_tv_sec = u_intN_max(sizeof(ts.tv_sec) * 8);
-
-   if (ns / NSEC_PER_SEC > max_tv_sec)
-      return true;
-
-   if (ts.tv_sec > max_tv_sec - ns / NSEC_PER_SEC)
-      return true;
-
-   ts.tv_sec += ns / NSEC_PER_SEC,
-   ts.tv_nsec += ns % NSEC_PER_SEC,
-
-   ts.tv_sec += ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_SEC;
-   ts.tv_nsec = ts.tv_nsec % NSEC_PER_SEC;
-
-   *ts_out = ts;
-
-   return false;
-}
-
 static VkResult
 vk_sync_timeline_wait_locked(struct vk_device *device,
                              struct vk_sync_timeline *timeline,
@@ -475,13 +448,14 @@ vk_sync_timeline_wait_locked(struct vk_device *device,
           */
          uint64_t rel_timeout_ns = abs_timeout_ns - now_ns;
 
-         struct timespec abstime;
-         timespec_get(&abstime, TIME_UTC);
-         if (timespec_add_ns_overflow(abstime, rel_timeout_ns, &abstime)) {
+         struct timespec now_ts, abs_timeout_ts;
+         timespec_get(&now_ts, TIME_UTC);
+         if (timespec_add_nsec(&abs_timeout_ts, &now_ts, rel_timeout_ns)) {
             /* Overflowed; may as well be infinite */
             ret = cnd_wait(&timeline->cond, &timeline->mutex);
          } else {
-            ret = cnd_timedwait(&timeline->cond, &timeline->mutex, &abstime);
+            ret = cnd_timedwait(&timeline->cond, &timeline->mutex,
+                                &abs_timeout_ts);
          }
       }
       if (ret == thrd_error)