diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 44b726bab4bd..d911c8470149 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ ktime_t ktime_get_coarse_with_offset(enum tk_offsets offs)
 
 	} while (read_seqcount_retry(&tk_core.seq, seq));
 
-	return base + nsecs;
+	return ktime_add_ns(base, nsecs);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_get_coarse_with_offset);