diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index caaec7c55e8e..d08ab55fa4a0 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2836,4 +2836,8 @@ void sock_set_sndtimeo(struct sock *sk, s64 secs);
 
 int sock_bind_add(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *addr, int addr_len);
 
+int sock_get_timeout(long timeo, void *optval, bool old_timeval);
+int sock_copy_user_timeval(struct __kernel_sock_timeval *tv,
+			   sockptr_t optval, int optlen, bool old_timeval);
+
 #endif	/* _SOCK_H */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
index 46918a1852d7..c60ca33eac59 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
  * timeout for a STREAM socket.
  */
 
-#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT 6
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OLD 6
 
 /* Option name for using non-blocking send/receive.  Use as the option name
  * for setsockopt(3) or getsockopt(3) to set or get the non-blocking
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@
 
 #define SO_VM_SOCKETS_NONBLOCK_TXRX 7
 
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_NEW 8
+
+#if !defined(__KERNEL__)
+#if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64 || (defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__ILP32__))
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OLD
+#else
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT \
+	(sizeof(time_t) == sizeof(__kernel_long_t) ? SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OLD : SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_NEW)
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /* The vSocket equivalent of INADDR_ANY.  This works for the svm_cid field of
  * sockaddr_vm and indicates the context ID of the current endpoint.
  */
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index beda31764df9..9862eefce21e 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void sk_error_report(struct sock *sk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_error_report);
 
-static int sock_get_timeout(long timeo, void *optval, bool old_timeval)
+int sock_get_timeout(long timeo, void *optval, bool old_timeval)
 {
 	struct __kernel_sock_timeval tv;
 
@@ -379,12 +379,11 @@ static int sock_get_timeout(long timeo, void *optval, bool old_timeval)
 	*(struct __kernel_sock_timeval *)optval = tv;
 	return sizeof(tv);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_get_timeout);
 
-static int sock_set_timeout(long *timeo_p, sockptr_t optval, int optlen,
-			    bool old_timeval)
+int sock_copy_user_timeval(struct __kernel_sock_timeval *tv,
+			   sockptr_t optval, int optlen, bool old_timeval)
 {
-	struct __kernel_sock_timeval tv;
-
 	if (old_timeval && in_compat_syscall() && !COMPAT_USE_64BIT_TIME) {
 		struct old_timeval32 tv32;
 
@@ -393,8 +392,8 @@ static int sock_set_timeout(long *timeo_p, sockptr_t optval, int optlen,
 
 		if (copy_from_sockptr(&tv32, optval, sizeof(tv32)))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		tv.tv_sec = tv32.tv_sec;
-		tv.tv_usec = tv32.tv_usec;
+		tv->tv_sec = tv32.tv_sec;
+		tv->tv_usec = tv32.tv_usec;
 	} else if (old_timeval) {
 		struct __kernel_old_timeval old_tv;
 
@@ -402,14 +401,28 @@ static int sock_set_timeout(long *timeo_p, sockptr_t optval, int optlen,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (copy_from_sockptr(&old_tv, optval, sizeof(old_tv)))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		tv.tv_sec = old_tv.tv_sec;
-		tv.tv_usec = old_tv.tv_usec;
+		tv->tv_sec = old_tv.tv_sec;
+		tv->tv_usec = old_tv.tv_usec;
 	} else {
-		if (optlen < sizeof(tv))
+		if (optlen < sizeof(*tv))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (copy_from_sockptr(&tv, optval, sizeof(tv)))
+		if (copy_from_sockptr(tv, optval, sizeof(*tv)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_copy_user_timeval);
+
+static int sock_set_timeout(long *timeo_p, sockptr_t optval, int optlen,
+			    bool old_timeval)
+{
+	struct __kernel_sock_timeval tv;
+	int err = sock_copy_user_timeval(&tv, optval, optlen, old_timeval);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	if (tv.tv_usec < 0 || tv.tv_usec >= USEC_PER_SEC)
 		return -EDOM;
 
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 9d0de37b9ec0..7d851eb3a683 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1614,13 +1614,18 @@ static int vsock_connectible_setsockopt(struct socket *sock,
 		vsock_update_buffer_size(vsk, transport, vsk->buffer_size);
 		break;
 
-	case SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT: {
-		struct __kernel_old_timeval tv;
-		COPY_IN(tv);
+	case SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_NEW:
+	case SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OLD: {
+		struct __kernel_sock_timeval tv;
+
+		err = sock_copy_user_timeval(&tv, optval, optlen,
+					     optname == SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OLD);
+		if (err)
+			break;
 		if (tv.tv_sec >= 0 && tv.tv_usec < USEC_PER_SEC &&
 		    tv.tv_sec < (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ - 1)) {
 			vsk->connect_timeout = tv.tv_sec * HZ +
-			    DIV_ROUND_UP(tv.tv_usec, (1000000 / HZ));
+				DIV_ROUND_UP((unsigned long)tv.tv_usec, (USEC_PER_SEC / HZ));
 			if (vsk->connect_timeout == 0)
 				vsk->connect_timeout =
 				    VSOCK_DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT;
@@ -1653,7 +1658,9 @@ static int vsock_connectible_getsockopt(struct socket *sock,
 
 	union {
 		u64 val64;
+		struct old_timeval32 tm32;
 		struct __kernel_old_timeval tm;
+		struct  __kernel_sock_timeval stm;
 	} v;
 
 	int lv = sizeof(v.val64);
@@ -1680,12 +1687,10 @@ static int vsock_connectible_getsockopt(struct socket *sock,
 		v.val64 = vsk->buffer_min_size;
 		break;
 
-	case SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT:
-		lv = sizeof(v.tm);
-		v.tm.tv_sec = vsk->connect_timeout / HZ;
-		v.tm.tv_usec =
-		    (vsk->connect_timeout -
-		     v.tm.tv_sec * HZ) * (1000000 / HZ);
+	case SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_NEW:
+	case SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OLD:
+		lv = sock_get_timeout(vsk->connect_timeout, &v,
+				      optname == SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OLD);
 		break;
 
 	default: