diff --git a/builtin-fetch-pack.c b/builtin-fetch-pack.c
index 59b0b0a796b65b23ff0b9c4d219869b4293f60c7..1d7e02326f5d0da5533ef92c3b1b31c61cef9758 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch-pack.c
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ struct ref *fetch_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *my_args,
 				die("shallow file was removed during fetch");
 		} else if (st.st_mtime != mtime.sec
 #ifdef USE_NSEC
-				|| st.st_mtim.tv_nsec != mtime.nsec
+				|| ST_CTIME_NSEC(st) != mtime.nsec
 #endif
 			  )
 			die("shallow file was changed during fetch");
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index b819abbd0003577a2b1f9576a09bce59aacbcdb0..7f74c8d16126ec72bba98bd5b31da0f37f499691 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ static int ce_match_stat_basic(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st)
 		changed |= CTIME_CHANGED;
 
 #ifdef USE_NSEC
-	if (ce->ce_mtime.nsec != (unsigned int)st->st_mtim.tv_nsec)
+	if (ce->ce_mtime.nsec != ST_MTIME_NSEC(*st))
 		changed |= MTIME_CHANGED;
-	if (trust_ctime && ce->ce_ctime.nsec != (unsigned int)st->st_ctim.tv_nsec)
+	if (trust_ctime && ce->ce_ctime.nsec != ST_CTIME_NSEC(*st))
 		changed |= CTIME_CHANGED;
 #endif