diff --git a/util/error-report.c b/util/error-report.c
index dbadaf206d..5edb2e6040 100644
--- a/util/error-report.c
+++ b/util/error-report.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static char *
 real_time_iso8601(void)
 {
 #if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,62,0)
-    g_autoptr(GDateTime) dt = g_date_time_new_from_unix_utc(g_get_real_time());
+    g_autoptr(GDateTime) dt = g_date_time_new_now_utc();
     /* ignore deprecation warning, since GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED is 2.56 */
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"