diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_debug.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_debug.h
index a3aa644154e2..a1787bb43483 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_debug.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_debug.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct ptldebug_header {
 	__u32 ph_mask;
 	__u16 ph_cpu_id;
 	__u16 ph_type;
+	/* time_t overflow in 2106 */
 	__u32 ph_sec;
 	__u64 ph_usec;
 	__u32 ph_stack;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-tracefile.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-tracefile.c
index 87d844953522..64a136cd503d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-tracefile.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-tracefile.c
@@ -191,16 +191,18 @@ cfs_set_ptldebug_header(struct ptldebug_header *header,
 			struct libcfs_debug_msg_data *msgdata,
 			unsigned long stack)
 {
-	struct timeval tv;
+	struct timespec64 ts;
 
-	do_gettimeofday(&tv);
+	ktime_get_real_ts64(&ts);
 
 	header->ph_subsys = msgdata->msg_subsys;
 	header->ph_mask = msgdata->msg_mask;
 	header->ph_cpu_id = smp_processor_id();
 	header->ph_type = cfs_trace_buf_idx_get();
-	header->ph_sec = (__u32)tv.tv_sec;
-	header->ph_usec = tv.tv_usec;
+	/* y2038 safe since all user space treats this as unsigned, but
+	 * will overflow in 2106 */
+	header->ph_sec = (u32)ts.tv_sec;
+	header->ph_usec = ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC;
 	header->ph_stack = stack;
 	header->ph_pid = current->pid;
 	header->ph_line_num = msgdata->msg_line;