diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 4e419fb18a615a95615e58a27874e7169d8a9c7e..6c4f5c6907b1bfcc9ce589065ad0c58f4021a39e 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -5194,8 +5194,8 @@ static inline abi_long target_to_host_timespec(struct timespec *host_ts,
 
     if (!lock_user_struct(VERIFY_READ, target_ts, target_addr, 1))
         return -TARGET_EFAULT;
-    host_ts->tv_sec = tswapal(target_ts->tv_sec);
-    host_ts->tv_nsec = tswapal(target_ts->tv_nsec);
+    __get_user(host_ts->tv_sec, &target_ts->tv_sec);
+    __get_user(host_ts->tv_nsec, &target_ts->tv_nsec);
     unlock_user_struct(target_ts, target_addr, 0);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -5207,8 +5207,8 @@ static inline abi_long host_to_target_timespec(abi_ulong target_addr,
 
     if (!lock_user_struct(VERIFY_WRITE, target_ts, target_addr, 0))
         return -TARGET_EFAULT;
-    target_ts->tv_sec = tswapal(host_ts->tv_sec);
-    target_ts->tv_nsec = tswapal(host_ts->tv_nsec);
+    __put_user(host_ts->tv_sec, &target_ts->tv_sec);
+    __put_user(host_ts->tv_nsec, &target_ts->tv_nsec);
     unlock_user_struct(target_ts, target_addr, 1);
     return 0;
 }