diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index a683bfb0530f..933cb3e45b98 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void crash_save_vmcoreinfo(void)
 	if (vmcoreinfo_data_safecopy)
 		vmcoreinfo_data = vmcoreinfo_data_safecopy;
 
-	vmcoreinfo_append_str("CRASHTIME=%ld\n", get_seconds());
+	vmcoreinfo_append_str("CRASHTIME=%lld\n", ktime_get_real_seconds());
 	update_vmcoreinfo_note();
 }