diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
index 6dd6f0490c3a..6d92b7ef0a55 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
@@ -242,16 +242,28 @@ static size_t get_next_entry(struct logger_log *log, size_t off, size_t len)
 }
 
 /*
- * clock_interval - is a < c < b in mod-space? Put another way, does the line
- * from a to b cross c?
+ * is_between - is a < c < b, accounting for wrapping of a, b, and c
+ *    positions in the buffer
+ *
+ * That is, if a<b, check for c between a and b
+ * and if a>b, check for c outside (not between) a and b
+ *
+ * |------- a xxxxxxxx b --------|
+ *               c^
+ *
+ * |xxxxx b --------- a xxxxxxxxx|
+ *    c^
+ *  or                    c^
  */
-static inline int clock_interval(size_t a, size_t b, size_t c)
+static inline int is_between(size_t a, size_t b, size_t c)
 {
-	if (b < a) {
-		if (a < c || b >= c)
+	if (a < b) {
+		/* is c between a and b? */
+		if (a < c && c <= b)
 			return 1;
 	} else {
-		if (a < c && b >= c)
+		/* is c outside of b through a? */
+		if (c <= b || a < c)
 			return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -272,11 +284,11 @@ static void fix_up_readers(struct logger_log *log, size_t len)
 	size_t new = logger_offset(log, old + len);
 	struct logger_reader *reader;
 
-	if (clock_interval(old, new, log->head))
+	if (is_between(old, new, log->head))
 		log->head = get_next_entry(log, log->head, len);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(reader, &log->readers, list)
-		if (clock_interval(old, new, reader->r_off))
+		if (is_between(old, new, reader->r_off))
 			reader->r_off = get_next_entry(log, reader->r_off, len);
 }