diff --git a/sound/hda/hdac_stream.c b/sound/hda/hdac_stream.c
index 9867555883c3..aa7955fdf68a 100644
--- a/sound/hda/hdac_stream.c
+++ b/sound/hda/hdac_stream.c
@@ -534,17 +534,11 @@ static void azx_timecounter_init(struct hdac_stream *azx_dev,
 	cc->mask = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32);
 
 	/*
-	 * Converting from 24 MHz to ns means applying a 125/3 factor.
-	 * To avoid any saturation issues in intermediate operations,
-	 * the 125 factor is applied first. The division is applied
-	 * last after reading the timecounter value.
-	 * Applying the 1/3 factor as part of the multiplication
-	 * requires at least 20 bits for a decent precision, however
-	 * overflows occur after about 4 hours or less, not a option.
+	 * Calculate the optimal mult/shift values. The counter wraps
+	 * around after ~178.9 seconds.
 	 */
-
-	cc->mult = 125; /* saturation after 195 years */
-	cc->shift = 0;
+	clocks_calc_mult_shift(&cc->mult, &cc->shift, 24000000,
+			       NSEC_PER_SEC, 178);
 
 	nsec = 0; /* audio time is elapsed time since trigger */
 	timecounter_init(tc, cc, nsec);
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c
index 930ae4002a81..75dcb14ff20a 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ static int azx_get_time_info(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		snd_pcm_gettime(substream->runtime, system_ts);
 
 		nsec = timecounter_read(&azx_dev->core.tc);
-		nsec = div_u64(nsec, 3); /* can be optimized */
 		if (audio_tstamp_config->report_delay)
 			nsec = azx_adjust_codec_delay(substream, nsec);
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
index 9ecaf6a1e847..e4aa366d356e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,6 @@ static int skl_platform_soc_get_time_info(
 		snd_pcm_gettime(substream->runtime, system_ts);
 
 		nsec = timecounter_read(&hstr->tc);
-		nsec = div_u64(nsec, 3); /* can be optimized */
 		if (audio_tstamp_config->report_delay)
 			nsec = skl_adjust_codec_delay(substream, nsec);