diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index a8e01d99919c5a13651a2e26bc1a100249cf2517..b3ab6c4284231cfbe89ee55f612f4699eaed3151 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -817,7 +817,15 @@ static irqreturn_t lineevent_irq_thread(int irq, void *p)
 	/* Do not leak kernel stack to userspace */
 	memset(&ge, 0, sizeof(ge));
 
-	ge.timestamp = le->timestamp;
+	/*
+	 * We may be running from a nested threaded interrupt in which case
+	 * we didn't get the timestamp from lineevent_irq_handler().
+	 */
+	if (!le->timestamp)
+		ge.timestamp = ktime_get_real_ns();
+	else
+		ge.timestamp = le->timestamp;
+
 	level = gpiod_get_value_cansleep(le->desc);
 
 	if (le->eflags & GPIOEVENT_REQUEST_RISING_EDGE