diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.h
index d5c6a2e952b3..f6e1dbe212a7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.h
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ enum tis_defaults {
 /* Some timeout values are needed before it is known whether the chip is
  * TPM 1.0 or TPM 2.0.
  */
-#define TIS_TIMEOUT_A_MAX	max(TIS_SHORT_TIMEOUT, TPM2_TIMEOUT_A)
-#define TIS_TIMEOUT_B_MAX	max(TIS_LONG_TIMEOUT, TPM2_TIMEOUT_B)
-#define TIS_TIMEOUT_C_MAX	max(TIS_SHORT_TIMEOUT, TPM2_TIMEOUT_C)
-#define TIS_TIMEOUT_D_MAX	max(TIS_SHORT_TIMEOUT, TPM2_TIMEOUT_D)
+#define TIS_TIMEOUT_A_MAX	max_t(int, TIS_SHORT_TIMEOUT, TPM2_TIMEOUT_A)
+#define TIS_TIMEOUT_B_MAX	max_t(int, TIS_LONG_TIMEOUT, TPM2_TIMEOUT_B)
+#define TIS_TIMEOUT_C_MAX	max_t(int, TIS_SHORT_TIMEOUT, TPM2_TIMEOUT_C)
+#define TIS_TIMEOUT_D_MAX	max_t(int, TIS_SHORT_TIMEOUT, TPM2_TIMEOUT_D)
 
 #define	TPM_ACCESS(l)			(0x0000 | ((l) << 12))
 #define	TPM_INT_ENABLE(l)		(0x0008 | ((l) << 12))
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 3fd291503576..87acb8b58ae9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -783,41 +783,58 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRACING */
 
 /*
- * min()/max()/clamp() macros that also do
- * strict type-checking.. See the
- * "unnecessary" pointer comparison.
+ * min()/max()/clamp() macros must accomplish three things:
+ *
+ * - avoid multiple evaluations of the arguments (so side-effects like
+ *   "x++" happen only once) when non-constant.
+ * - perform strict type-checking (to generate warnings instead of
+ *   nasty runtime surprises). See the "unnecessary" pointer comparison
+ *   in __typecheck().
+ * - retain result as a constant expressions when called with only
+ *   constant expressions (to avoid tripping VLA warnings in stack
+ *   allocation usage).
+ */
+#define __typecheck(x, y) \
+		(!!(sizeof((typeof(x) *)1 == (typeof(y) *)1)))
+
+/*
+ * This returns a constant expression while determining if an argument is
+ * a constant expression, most importantly without evaluating the argument.
+ * Glory to Martin Uecker <Martin.Uecker@med.uni-goettingen.de>
  */
-#define __min(t1, t2, min1, min2, x, y) ({		\
-	t1 min1 = (x);					\
-	t2 min2 = (y);					\
-	(void) (&min1 == &min2);			\
-	min1 < min2 ? min1 : min2; })
+#define __is_constexpr(x) \
+	(sizeof(int) == sizeof(*(8 ? ((void *)((long)(x) * 0l)) : (int *)8)))
+
+#define __no_side_effects(x, y) \
+		(__is_constexpr(x) && __is_constexpr(y))
+
+#define __safe_cmp(x, y) \
+		(__typecheck(x, y) && __no_side_effects(x, y))
+
+#define __cmp(x, y, op)	((x) op (y) ? (x) : (y))
+
+#define __cmp_once(x, y, op) ({		\
+		typeof(x) __x = (x);	\
+		typeof(y) __y = (y);	\
+		__cmp(__x, __y, op); })
+
+#define __careful_cmp(x, y, op)				\
+		__builtin_choose_expr(__safe_cmp(x, y),	\
+				      __cmp(x, y, op), __cmp_once(x, y, op))
 
 /**
  * min - return minimum of two values of the same or compatible types
  * @x: first value
  * @y: second value
  */
-#define min(x, y)					\
-	__min(typeof(x), typeof(y),			\
-	      __UNIQUE_ID(min1_), __UNIQUE_ID(min2_),	\
-	      x, y)
-
-#define __max(t1, t2, max1, max2, x, y) ({		\
-	t1 max1 = (x);					\
-	t2 max2 = (y);					\
-	(void) (&max1 == &max2);			\
-	max1 > max2 ? max1 : max2; })
+#define min(x, y)	__careful_cmp(x, y, <)
 
 /**
  * max - return maximum of two values of the same or compatible types
  * @x: first value
  * @y: second value
  */
-#define max(x, y)					\
-	__max(typeof(x), typeof(y),			\
-	      __UNIQUE_ID(max1_), __UNIQUE_ID(max2_),	\
-	      x, y)
+#define max(x, y)	__careful_cmp(x, y, >)
 
 /**
  * min3 - return minimum of three values
@@ -869,10 +886,7 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
  * @x: first value
  * @y: second value
  */
-#define min_t(type, x, y)				\
-	__min(type, type,				\
-	      __UNIQUE_ID(min1_), __UNIQUE_ID(min2_),	\
-	      x, y)
+#define min_t(type, x, y)	__careful_cmp((type)(x), (type)(y), <)
 
 /**
  * max_t - return maximum of two values, using the specified type
@@ -880,10 +894,7 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
  * @x: first value
  * @y: second value
  */
-#define max_t(type, x, y)				\
-	__max(type, type,				\
-	      __UNIQUE_ID(min1_), __UNIQUE_ID(min2_),	\
-	      x, y)
+#define max_t(type, x, y)	__careful_cmp((type)(x), (type)(y), >)
 
 /**
  * clamp_t - return a value clamped to a given range using a given type
