diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index d9249daf14ba8625304356331885c7674f67178b..21cc23918cbdd7ae190c7b182f5d3cb6a69f869e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -845,6 +845,19 @@ time64_t ktime_get_real_seconds(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_get_real_seconds);
 
+/**
+ * __ktime_get_real_seconds - The same as ktime_get_real_seconds
+ * but without the sequence counter protect. This internal function
+ * is called just when timekeeping lock is already held.
+ */
+time64_t __ktime_get_real_seconds(void)
+{
+	struct timekeeper *tk = &tk_core.timekeeper;
+
+	return tk->xtime_sec;
+}
+
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NTP_PPS
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h b/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h
index 4ea005a7f9dab06f30eacc93b2ef18604a321746..e20466ffc208b8a3dc13efebbd3feccea08c3fb6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ static inline cycle_t clocksource_delta(cycle_t now, cycle_t last, cycle_t mask)
 }
 #endif
 
+extern time64_t __ktime_get_real_seconds(void);
+
 #endif /* _TIMEKEEPING_INTERNAL_H */