diff --git a/include/linux/posix-timers.h b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
index 672c4f32311e..c85704fcdbd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix-timers.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
@@ -42,13 +42,26 @@ struct cpu_timer_list {
 #define CLOCKFD			CPUCLOCK_MAX
 #define CLOCKFD_MASK		(CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD_MASK|CPUCLOCK_CLOCK_MASK)
 
-#define MAKE_PROCESS_CPUCLOCK(pid, clock) \
-	((~(clockid_t) (pid) << 3) | (clockid_t) (clock))
-#define MAKE_THREAD_CPUCLOCK(tid, clock) \
-	MAKE_PROCESS_CPUCLOCK((tid), (clock) | CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD_MASK)
+static inline clockid_t make_process_cpuclock(const unsigned int pid,
+		const clockid_t clock)
+{
+	return ((~pid) << 3) | clock;
+}
+static inline clockid_t make_thread_cpuclock(const unsigned int tid,
+		const clockid_t clock)
+{
+	return make_process_cpuclock(tid, clock | CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD_MASK);
+}
 
-#define FD_TO_CLOCKID(fd)	((~(clockid_t) (fd) << 3) | CLOCKFD)
-#define CLOCKID_TO_FD(clk)	((unsigned int) ~((clk) >> 3))
+static inline clockid_t fd_to_clockid(const int fd)
+{
+	return make_process_cpuclock((unsigned int) fd, CLOCKFD);
+}
+
+static inline int clockid_to_fd(const clockid_t clk)
+{
+	return ~(clk >> 3);
+}
 
 #define REQUEUE_PENDING 1
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
index 17cdc554c9fe..cc91d90abd84 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ struct posix_clock_desc {
 
 static int get_clock_desc(const clockid_t id, struct posix_clock_desc *cd)
 {
-	struct file *fp = fget(CLOCKID_TO_FD(id));
+	struct file *fp = fget(clockid_to_fd(id));
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!fp)
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 1f27887aa194..cef79ca5bbd5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1363,8 +1363,8 @@ static long posix_cpu_nsleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart_block)
 	return do_cpu_nanosleep(which_clock, TIMER_ABSTIME, &t);
 }
 
-#define PROCESS_CLOCK	MAKE_PROCESS_CPUCLOCK(0, CPUCLOCK_SCHED)
-#define THREAD_CLOCK	MAKE_THREAD_CPUCLOCK(0, CPUCLOCK_SCHED)
+#define PROCESS_CLOCK	make_process_cpuclock(0, CPUCLOCK_SCHED)
+#define THREAD_CLOCK	make_thread_cpuclock(0, CPUCLOCK_SCHED)
 
 static int process_cpu_clock_getres(const clockid_t which_clock,
 				    struct timespec64 *tp)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c
index 5d2eae16f7ee..a5d8f0ab0da0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ static int clock_adjtime(clockid_t id, struct timex *tx)
 static clockid_t get_clockid(int fd)
 {
 #define CLOCKFD 3
-#define FD_TO_CLOCKID(fd)	((~(clockid_t) (fd) << 3) | CLOCKFD)
-
-	return FD_TO_CLOCKID(fd);
+	return (((unsigned int) ~fd) << 3) | CLOCKFD;
 }
 
 static void handle_alarm(int s)