diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix
index 0648be4e41a..8f4a7491427 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0id0m3sfpkz8w7b2pc51px8kvz8xnaf8msps57ddarxidmxvb45g";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./install_prefix.patch ./const.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./install_prefix.patch ./const.patch ./time.patch ];
 
   buildInputs = [ perl autoconf automake libtool ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/time.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/time.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b1e23bc05e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/time.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/module/spl/spl-time.c b/module/spl/spl-time.c
+index 0ed49cc..b0fad4f 100644
+--- a/module/spl/spl-time.c
++++ b/module/spl/spl-time.c
+@@ -40,12 +40,7 @@ extern unsigned long long monotonic_clock(void);
+ void
+ __gethrestime(timestruc_t *ts)
+ {
+-	struct timespec tspec;
+-
+-	getnstimeofday(&tspec);
+-
+-	ts->tv_sec = tspec.tv_sec;
+-	ts->tv_nsec = tspec.tv_nsec;
++	*ts = current_kernel_time();
+ }
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__gethrestime);
+