diff --git a/include/linux/overflow.h b/include/linux/overflow.h
index f9b60313eaea..e04f67947647 100644
--- a/include/linux/overflow.h
+++ b/include/linux/overflow.h
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
  * credit to Christian Biere.
  */
 #define __type_half_max(type) ((type)1 << (8*sizeof(type) - 1 - is_signed_type(type)))
-#define type_max(T) ((T)((__type_half_max(T) - 1) + __type_half_max(T)))
-#define type_min(T) ((T)((T)-type_max(T)-(T)1))
+#define __type_max(T) ((T)((__type_half_max(T) - 1) + __type_half_max(T)))
+#define type_max(t)	__type_max(typeof(t))
+#define __type_min(T) ((T)((T)-type_max(T)-(T)1))
+#define type_min(t)	__type_min(typeof(t))
 
 /*
  * Avoids triggering -Wtype-limits compilation warning,
@@ -130,10 +132,10 @@ static inline bool __must_check __must_check_overflow(bool overflow)
 
 #define __overflows_type_constexpr(x, T) (			\
 	is_unsigned_type(typeof(x)) ?				\
-		(x) > type_max(typeof(T)) :			\
+		(x) > type_max(T) :				\
 	is_unsigned_type(typeof(T)) ?				\
-		(x) < 0 || (x) > type_max(typeof(T)) :		\
-	(x) < type_min(typeof(T)) || (x) > type_max(typeof(T)))
+		(x) < 0 || (x) > type_max(T) :			\
+	(x) < type_min(T) || (x) > type_max(T))
 
 #define __overflows_type(x, T)		({	\
 	typeof(T) v = 0;			\