diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c
index 632f1dc0fe1f..7a8a6fbf11ff 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c
@@ -842,11 +842,10 @@ static ssize_t aem_show_power(struct device *dev,
 	struct aem_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	u64 before, after, delta, time;
 	signed long leftover;
-	struct timespec b, a;
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
 	update_aem_energy_one(data, attr->index);
-	getnstimeofday(&b);
+	time = ktime_get_ns();
 	before = data->energy[attr->index];
 
 	leftover = schedule_timeout_interruptible(
@@ -858,11 +857,10 @@ static ssize_t aem_show_power(struct device *dev,
 	}
 
 	update_aem_energy_one(data, attr->index);
-	getnstimeofday(&a);
+	time = ktime_get_ns() - time;
 	after = data->energy[attr->index];
 	mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
 
-	time = timespec_to_ns(&a) - timespec_to_ns(&b);
 	delta = (after - before) * UJ_PER_MJ;
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n",