diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 1ad68b49a101..65cfe9ab47be 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ static void gen_confirm(struct nfs4_client *clp, struct nfsd_net *nn)
 	 * This is opaque to client, so no need to byte-swap. Use
 	 * __force to keep sparse happy
 	 */
-	verf[0] = (__force __be32)get_seconds();
+	verf[0] = (__force __be32)(u32)ktime_get_real_seconds();
 	verf[1] = (__force __be32)nn->clverifier_counter++;
 	memcpy(clp->cl_confirm.data, verf, sizeof(clp->cl_confirm.data));
 }