diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 443edcddac8ab2a468a63ec599c2756032fae14a..c2708e1f0c69f9785991c06448766bc08bf7f32d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ 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);