diff --git a/include/linux/kvm.h b/include/linux/kvm.h
index 8a16b083df2e..5d08f11bb27f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm.h
@@ -322,12 +322,12 @@ struct kvm_trace_rec {
 	__u32 vcpu_id;
 	union {
 		struct {
-			__u64 cycle_u64;
+			__u64 timestamp;
 			__u32 extra_u32[KVM_TRC_EXTRA_MAX];
-		} __attribute__((packed)) cycle;
+		} __attribute__((packed)) timestamp;
 		struct {
 			__u32 extra_u32[KVM_TRC_EXTRA_MAX];
-		} nocycle;
+		} notimestamp;
 	} u;
 };
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_trace.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_trace.c
index 9acb78b3cc9f..41dcc845f78c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_trace.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_trace.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/relay.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/ktime.h>
 
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
 
@@ -35,16 +36,16 @@ static struct kvm_trace *kvm_trace;
 struct kvm_trace_probe {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *format;
-	u32 cycle_in;
+	u32 timestamp_in;
 	marker_probe_func *probe_func;
 };
 
-static inline int calc_rec_size(int cycle, int extra)
+static inline int calc_rec_size(int timestamp, int extra)
 {
 	int rec_size = KVM_TRC_HEAD_SIZE;
 
 	rec_size += extra;
-	return cycle ? rec_size += KVM_TRC_CYCLE_SIZE : rec_size;
+	return timestamp ? rec_size += KVM_TRC_CYCLE_SIZE : rec_size;
 }
 
 static void kvm_add_trace(void *probe_private, void *call_data,
@@ -69,20 +70,20 @@ static void kvm_add_trace(void *probe_private, void *call_data,
 	WARN_ON(!(extra <= KVM_TRC_EXTRA_MAX));
 	extra 		= min_t(u32, extra, KVM_TRC_EXTRA_MAX);
 
-	rec.rec_val |= TRACE_REC_TCS(p->cycle_in)
+	rec.rec_val |= TRACE_REC_TCS(p->timestamp_in)
 			| TRACE_REC_NUM_DATA_ARGS(extra);
 
-	if (p->cycle_in) {
-		rec.u.cycle.cycle_u64 = get_cycles();
+	if (p->timestamp_in) {
+		rec.u.timestamp.timestamp = ktime_to_ns(ktime_get());
 
 		for (i = 0; i < extra; i++)
-			rec.u.cycle.extra_u32[i] = va_arg(*args, u32);
+			rec.u.timestamp.extra_u32[i] = va_arg(*args, u32);
 	} else {
 		for (i = 0; i < extra; i++)
-			rec.u.nocycle.extra_u32[i] = va_arg(*args, u32);
+			rec.u.notimestamp.extra_u32[i] = va_arg(*args, u32);
 	}
 
-	size = calc_rec_size(p->cycle_in, extra * sizeof(u32));
+	size = calc_rec_size(p->timestamp_in, extra * sizeof(u32));
 	relay_write(kt->rchan, &rec, size);
 }