diff --git a/include/spl/sys/time.h b/include/spl/sys/time.h
index 37f5e35df..1a986c9b9 100644
--- a/include/spl/sys/time.h
+++ b/include/spl/sys/time.h
@@ -82,8 +82,11 @@ gethrestime(inode_timespec_t *ts)
 static inline time_t
 gethrestime_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec ts;
-	ts = current_kernel_time();
+#if defined(HAVE_INODE_TIMESPEC64_TIMES)
+	inode_timespec_t ts = current_kernel_time64();
+#else
+	inode_timespec_t ts = current_kernel_time();
+#endif
 	return (ts.tv_sec);
 }