diff --git a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
index 79d8ada08a8088d712a8c92e600756d6be4599e0..ba1b8925c4c8ca16ef8e7f3ca25002be1ac17746 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static int sgi_clock_get(clockid_t clockid, struct timespec64 *tp)
 	return 0;
 };
 
-static int sgi_clock_set(const clockid_t clockid, const struct timespec *tp)
+static int sgi_clock_set(const clockid_t clockid, const struct timespec64 *tp)
 {
 
 	u64 nsec;
diff --git a/include/linux/posix-timers.h b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
index dd05b49074f3ee4c85636e78e961dda8030e06e2..7825e242b128a8d199e043f23ee5e2e03c26e5ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix-timers.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct k_itimer {
 struct k_clock {
 	int (*clock_getres) (const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec64 *tp);
 	int (*clock_set) (const clockid_t which_clock,
-			  const struct timespec *tp);
+			  const struct timespec64 *tp);
 	int (*clock_get) (const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec64 *tp);
 	int (*clock_adj) (const clockid_t which_clock, struct timex *tx);
 	int (*timer_create) (struct k_itimer *timer);
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
index af91031f64de615fe80fed0087390ad2b9fe3c37..3807a34519c4939b6661865b8f1c2632c8886500 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
@@ -335,9 +335,8 @@ static int pc_clock_getres(clockid_t id, struct timespec64 *ts)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int pc_clock_settime(clockid_t id, const struct timespec *ts)
+static int pc_clock_settime(clockid_t id, const struct timespec64 *ts)
 {
-	struct timespec64 ts64 = timespec_to_timespec64(*ts);
 	struct posix_clock_desc cd;
 	int err;
 
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ static int pc_clock_settime(clockid_t id, const struct timespec *ts)
 	}
 
 	if (cd.clk->ops.clock_settime)
-		err = cd.clk->ops.clock_settime(cd.clk, &ts64);
+		err = cd.clk->ops.clock_settime(cd.clk, ts);
 	else
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 out:
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 37ce9edfb968f6d04d193724780473deb16dddbb..2cd4428c81f03d6d826719cb4fe3829fc2d58d41 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ posix_cpu_clock_getres(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec64 *tp)
 }
 
 static int
-posix_cpu_clock_set(const clockid_t which_clock, const struct timespec *tp)
+posix_cpu_clock_set(const clockid_t which_clock, const struct timespec64 *tp)
 {
 	/*
 	 * You can never reset a CPU clock, but we check for other errors
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index f67dae9f3bdf24babde5162f4cbf7fd1ba79f0cf..7742da826f02700fb811ea60a1d802304c515ab4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -212,12 +212,9 @@ static int posix_clock_realtime_get(clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec64 *tp
 
 /* Set clock_realtime */
 static int posix_clock_realtime_set(const clockid_t which_clock,
-				    const struct timespec *tp)
+				    const struct timespec64 *tp)
 {
-	struct timespec64 tp64;
-
-	tp64 = timespec_to_timespec64(*tp);
-	return do_sys_settimeofday64(&tp64, NULL);
+	return do_sys_settimeofday64(tp, NULL);
 }
 
 static int posix_clock_realtime_adj(const clockid_t which_clock,
@@ -1017,6 +1014,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(clock_settime, const clockid_t, which_clock,
 		const struct timespec __user *, tp)
 {
 	struct k_clock *kc = clockid_to_kclock(which_clock);
+	struct timespec64 new_tp64;
 	struct timespec new_tp;
 
 	if (!kc || !kc->clock_set)
@@ -1024,8 +1022,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(clock_settime, const clockid_t, which_clock,
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&new_tp, tp, sizeof (*tp)))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	new_tp64 = timespec_to_timespec64(new_tp);
 
-	return kc->clock_set(which_clock, &new_tp);
+	return kc->clock_set(which_clock, &new_tp64);
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(clock_gettime, const clockid_t, which_clock,