diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index 7e1252e97a30bc92d4065faf4ee5ab38d7839156..b2371d9b51fac6ea69032576ac1c3cddfc104016 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ struct ceph_connection {
 	bool out_kvec_is_msg; /* kvec refers to out_msg */
 	int out_more;        /* there is more data after the kvecs */
 	__le64 out_temp_ack; /* for writing an ack */
+	struct ceph_timespec out_temp_keepalive2; /* for writing keepalive2
+						     stamp */
 
 	/* message in temps */
 	struct ceph_msg_header in_hdr;
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ struct ceph_connection {
 	int in_base_pos;     /* bytes read */
 	__le64 in_temp_ack;  /* for reading an ack */
 
-	struct timespec last_keepalive_ack;
+	struct timespec last_keepalive_ack; /* keepalive2 ack stamp */
 
 	struct delayed_work work;	    /* send|recv work */
 	unsigned long       delay;          /* current delay interval */
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 525f454f753185b216e1dbd3d2bb4d9e89c1dac5..b9b0e3b5da49f84d9fb1775e75aca83f55e80b2d 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -1353,11 +1353,12 @@ static void prepare_write_keepalive(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	dout("prepare_write_keepalive %p\n", con);
 	con_out_kvec_reset(con);
 	if (con->peer_features & CEPH_FEATURE_MSGR_KEEPALIVE2) {
-		struct timespec ts = CURRENT_TIME;
-		struct ceph_timespec ceph_ts;
-		ceph_encode_timespec(&ceph_ts, &ts);
+		struct timespec now = CURRENT_TIME;
+
 		con_out_kvec_add(con, sizeof(tag_keepalive2), &tag_keepalive2);
-		con_out_kvec_add(con, sizeof(ceph_ts), &ceph_ts);
+		ceph_encode_timespec(&con->out_temp_keepalive2, &now);
+		con_out_kvec_add(con, sizeof(con->out_temp_keepalive2),
+				 &con->out_temp_keepalive2);
 	} else {
 		con_out_kvec_add(con, sizeof(tag_keepalive), &tag_keepalive);
 	}