diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c
index 5a5ab4fa14f9..d37588f08055 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/class.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -211,6 +211,73 @@ static int rtc_device_get_id(struct device *dev)
 	return id;
 }
 
+static void rtc_device_get_offset(struct rtc_device *rtc)
+{
+	time64_t range_secs;
+	u32 start_year;
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * If RTC driver did not implement the range of RTC hardware device,
+	 * then we can not expand the RTC range by adding or subtracting one
+	 * offset.
+	 */
+	if (rtc->range_min == rtc->range_max)
+		return;
+
+	ret = device_property_read_u32(rtc->dev.parent, "start-year",
+				       &start_year);
+	if (!ret) {
+		rtc->start_secs = mktime64(start_year, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+		rtc->set_start_time = true;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If user did not implement the start time for RTC driver, then no
+	 * need to expand the RTC range.
+	 */
+	if (!rtc->set_start_time)
+		return;
+
+	range_secs = rtc->range_max - rtc->range_min + 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the start_secs is larger than the maximum seconds (rtc->range_max)
+	 * supported by RTC hardware or the maximum seconds of new expanded
+	 * range (start_secs + rtc->range_max - rtc->range_min) is less than
+	 * rtc->range_min, which means the minimum seconds (rtc->range_min) of
+	 * RTC hardware will be mapped to start_secs by adding one offset, so
+	 * the offset seconds calculation formula should be:
+	 * rtc->offset_secs = rtc->start_secs - rtc->range_min;
+	 *
+	 * If the start_secs is larger than the minimum seconds (rtc->range_min)
+	 * supported by RTC hardware, then there is one region is overlapped
+	 * between the original RTC hardware range and the new expanded range,
+	 * and this overlapped region do not need to be mapped into the new
+	 * expanded range due to it is valid for RTC device. So the minimum
+	 * seconds of RTC hardware (rtc->range_min) should be mapped to
+	 * rtc->range_max + 1, then the offset seconds formula should be:
+	 * rtc->offset_secs = rtc->range_max - rtc->range_min + 1;
+	 *
+	 * If the start_secs is less than the minimum seconds (rtc->range_min),
+	 * which is similar to case 2. So the start_secs should be mapped to
+	 * start_secs + rtc->range_max - rtc->range_min + 1, then the
+	 * offset seconds formula should be:
+	 * rtc->offset_secs = -(rtc->range_max - rtc->range_min + 1);
+	 *
+	 * Otherwise the offset seconds should be 0.
+	 */
+	if (rtc->start_secs > rtc->range_max ||
+	    rtc->start_secs + range_secs - 1 < rtc->range_min)
+		rtc->offset_secs = rtc->start_secs - rtc->range_min;
+	else if (rtc->start_secs > rtc->range_min)
+		rtc->offset_secs = range_secs;
+	else if (rtc->start_secs < rtc->range_min)
+		rtc->offset_secs = -range_secs;
+	else
+		rtc->offset_secs = 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * rtc_device_register - register w/ RTC class
  * @dev: the device to register
@@ -247,6 +314,8 @@ struct rtc_device *rtc_device_register(const char *name, struct device *dev,
 
 	dev_set_name(&rtc->dev, "rtc%d", id);
 
+	rtc_device_get_offset(rtc);
+
 	/* Check to see if there is an ALARM already set in hw */
 	err = __rtc_read_alarm(rtc, &alrm);
 
@@ -436,6 +505,7 @@ int __rtc_register_device(struct module *owner, struct rtc_device *rtc)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rtc->owner = owner;
+	rtc_device_get_offset(rtc);
 
 	/* Check to see if there is an ALARM already set in hw */
 	err = __rtc_read_alarm(rtc, &alrm);
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index 25aebc5b448d..7cbdc9228dd5 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -23,12 +23,61 @@
 static int rtc_timer_enqueue(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_timer *timer);
 static void rtc_timer_remove(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_timer *timer);
 
+static void rtc_add_offset(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm)
+{
+	time64_t secs;
+
+	if (!rtc->offset_secs)
+		return;
+
+	secs = rtc_tm_to_time64(tm);
+
+	/*
+	 * Since the reading time values from RTC device are always in the RTC
+	 * original valid range, but we need to skip the overlapped region
+	 * between expanded range and original range, which is no need to add
+	 * the offset.
+	 */
+	if ((rtc->start_secs > rtc->range_min && secs >= rtc->start_secs) ||
+	    (rtc->start_secs < rtc->range_min &&
+	     secs <= (rtc->start_secs + rtc->range_max - rtc->range_min)))
+		return;
+
+	rtc_time64_to_tm(secs + rtc->offset_secs, tm);
+}
+
+static void rtc_subtract_offset(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm)
+{
+	time64_t secs;
+
+	if (!rtc->offset_secs)
+		return;
+
+	secs = rtc_tm_to_time64(tm);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the setting time values are in the valid range of RTC hardware
+	 * device, then no need to subtract the offset when setting time to RTC
+	 * device. Otherwise we need to subtract the offset to make the time
+	 * values are valid for RTC hardware device.
+	 */
+	if (secs >= rtc->range_min && secs <= rtc->range_max)
+		return;
+
+	rtc_time64_to_tm(secs - rtc->offset_secs, tm);
+}
+
 static int rtc_valid_range(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm)
 {
 	if (rtc->range_min != rtc->range_max) {
 		time64_t time = rtc_tm_to_time64(tm);
+		time64_t range_min = rtc->set_start_time ? rtc->start_secs :
+			rtc->range_min;
+		time64_t range_max = rtc->set_start_time ?
+			(rtc->start_secs + rtc->range_max - rtc->range_min) :
+			rtc->range_max;
 
-		if (time < rtc->range_min || time > rtc->range_max)
+		if (time < range_min || time > range_max)
 			return -ERANGE;
 	}
 
@@ -51,6 +100,8 @@ static int __rtc_read_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm)
 			return err;
 		}
 
+		rtc_add_offset(rtc, tm);
+
 		err = rtc_valid_tm(tm);
 		if (err < 0)
 			dev_dbg(&rtc->dev, "read_time: rtc_time isn't valid\n");
@@ -86,6 +137,8 @@ int rtc_set_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	rtc_subtract_offset(rtc, tm);
+
 	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rtc->ops_lock);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -355,6 +408,8 @@ static int __rtc_set_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_wkalrm *alarm)
 	err = rtc_valid_tm(&alarm->time);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
+
+	rtc_subtract_offset(rtc, &alarm->time);
 	scheduled = rtc_tm_to_time64(&alarm->time);
 
 	/* Make sure we're not setting alarms in the past */
@@ -406,6 +461,8 @@ int rtc_set_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_wkalrm *alarm)
 		err = rtc_timer_enqueue(rtc, &rtc->aie_timer);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
+
+	rtc_add_offset(rtc, &alarm->time);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtc_set_alarm);
diff --git a/include/linux/rtc.h b/include/linux/rtc.h
index c78528c394e5..82a3038f16ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtc.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtc.h
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ struct rtc_device {
 
 	time64_t range_min;
 	timeu64_t range_max;
+	time64_t start_secs;
+	time64_t offset_secs;
+	bool set_start_time;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL
 	struct work_struct uie_task;