diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 51136b03788d..7555ba889d1f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ void nfs_clients_init(struct net *net)
 	idr_init(&nn->cb_ident_idr);
 #endif
 	spin_lock_init(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
-	nn->boot_time = CURRENT_TIME;
+	nn->boot_time = ktime_get_real();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
diff --git a/fs/nfs/netns.h b/fs/nfs/netns.h
index f0e06e4acbef..fbce0d885d4c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/netns.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/netns.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct nfs_net {
 	int cb_users[NFS4_MAX_MINOR_VERSION + 1];
 #endif
 	spinlock_t nfs_client_lock;
-	struct timespec boot_time;
+	ktime_t boot_time;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	struct proc_dir_entry *proc_nfsfs;
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 8b30cdf41848..ed7da820d4bf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5299,12 +5299,14 @@ static void nfs4_init_boot_verifier(const struct nfs_client *clp,
 	if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_PURGE_STATE, &clp->cl_state)) {
 		/* An impossible timestamp guarantees this value
 		 * will never match a generated boot time. */
-		verf[0] = 0;
-		verf[1] = cpu_to_be32(NSEC_PER_SEC + 1);
+		verf[0] = cpu_to_be32(U32_MAX);
+		verf[1] = cpu_to_be32(U32_MAX);
 	} else {
 		struct nfs_net *nn = net_generic(clp->cl_net, nfs_net_id);
-		verf[0] = cpu_to_be32(nn->boot_time.tv_sec);
-		verf[1] = cpu_to_be32(nn->boot_time.tv_nsec);
+		u64 ns = ktime_to_ns(nn->boot_time);
+
+		verf[0] = cpu_to_be32(ns >> 32);
+		verf[1] = cpu_to_be32(ns);
 	}
 	memcpy(bootverf->data, verf, sizeof(bootverf->data));
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 17b4e059c588..fc89e5ed07ee 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ static void encode_create_session(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(RPC_AUTH_UNIX);			/* auth_sys */
 
 	/* authsys_parms rfc1831 */
-	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(nn->boot_time.tv_nsec);	/* stamp */
+	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(ktime_to_ns(nn->boot_time));	/* stamp */
 	p = xdr_encode_array(p, clnt->cl_nodename, clnt->cl_nodelen);
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(0);				/* UID */
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(0);				/* GID */