diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index c90ca99331be3af08a8fbbb106b149d090734556..03720fe3f5313a682415da29b952e8599957387d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1939,7 +1939,11 @@ static struct ceph_msg *create_request_message(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	head->num_releases = cpu_to_le16(releases);
 
 	/* time stamp */
-	ceph_encode_copy(&p, &req->r_stamp, sizeof(req->r_stamp));
+	{
+		struct ceph_timespec ts;
+		ceph_encode_timespec(&ts, &req->r_stamp);
+		ceph_encode_copy(&p, &ts, sizeof(ts));
+	}
 
 	BUG_ON(p > end);
 	msg->front.iov_len = p - msg->front.iov_base;
@@ -2028,7 +2032,11 @@ static int __prepare_send_request(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 
 		/* time stamp */
 		p = msg->front.iov_base + req->r_request_release_offset;
-		ceph_encode_copy(&p, &req->r_stamp, sizeof(req->r_stamp));
+		{
+			struct ceph_timespec ts;
+			ceph_encode_timespec(&ts, &req->r_stamp);
+			ceph_encode_copy(&p, &ts, sizeof(ts));
+		}
 
 		msg->front.iov_len = p - msg->front.iov_base;
 		msg->hdr.front_len = cpu_to_le32(msg->front.iov_len);