diff --git a/include/linux/fence.h b/include/linux/fence.h
index bb522011383b..5aa95eb886f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fence.h
+++ b/include/linux/fence.h
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static inline bool fence_is_later(struct fence *f1, struct fence *f2)
 	if (WARN_ON(f1->context != f2->context))
 		return false;
 
-	return f1->seqno - f2->seqno < INT_MAX;
+	return (int)(f1->seqno - f2->seqno) > 0;
 }
 
 /**