diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 7e259b2bdf44..71136720ffa1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ trace_clock_local,	"local",	1 },
 	{ trace_clock_global,	"global",	1 },
 	{ trace_clock_counter,	"counter",	0 },
-	{ trace_clock_jiffies,	"uptime",	1 },
+	{ trace_clock_jiffies,	"uptime",	0 },
 	{ trace_clock,		"perf",		1 },
 	ARCH_TRACE_CLOCKS
 };
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
index 26dc348332b7..57b67b1f24d1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
@@ -59,13 +59,14 @@ u64 notrace trace_clock(void)
 
 /*
  * trace_jiffy_clock(): Simply use jiffies as a clock counter.
+ * Note that this use of jiffies_64 is not completely safe on
+ * 32-bit systems. But the window is tiny, and the effect if
+ * we are affected is that we will have an obviously bogus
+ * timestamp on a trace event - i.e. not life threatening.
  */
 u64 notrace trace_clock_jiffies(void)
 {
-	u64 jiffy = jiffies - INITIAL_JIFFIES;
-
-	/* Return nsecs */
-	return (u64)jiffies_to_usecs(jiffy) * 1000ULL;
+	return jiffies_64_to_clock_t(jiffies_64 - INITIAL_JIFFIES);
 }
 
 /*