diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 5a91ac540a47edcc43c72cbbc357063ffd937a1a..f246818e35dbce03e9e591582d7c83242c2a5bd5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ static void tk_set_wall_to_mono(struct timekeeper *tk, struct timespec64 wtm)
 	tk->wall_to_monotonic = wtm;
 	set_normalized_timespec64(&tmp, -wtm.tv_sec, -wtm.tv_nsec);
 	tk->offs_real = timespec64_to_ktime(tmp);
-	tk->offs_tai = ktime_add_safe(tk->offs_real,
-				      ktime_set(tk->tai_offset, 0));
+	tk->offs_tai = ktime_add(tk->offs_real, ktime_set(tk->tai_offset, 0));
 }
 
 static inline void tk_update_sleep_time(struct timekeeper *tk, ktime_t delta)