diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
index d824528..b386cee 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ extern int timer_one_shot(int ticks);
 extern long long disable_timer(void);
 extern void uml_idle_timer(void);
 extern long long os_nsecs(void);
+extern long long os_nsecs_monotonic(void);
 
 /* skas/mem.c */
 extern long run_syscall_stub(struct mm_id * mm_idp,
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/time.c b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
index 117568d..399687c 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static irqreturn_t um_timer(int irq, void *dev)
 
 static cycle_t itimer_read(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
-	return os_nsecs() / 1000;
+	return os_nsecs_monotonic() / 1000;
 }
 
 static struct clocksource itimer_clocksource = {
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
index e9824d5..0ef8faa 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ long long os_nsecs(void)
 	return timeval_to_ns(&tv);
 }
 
+long long os_nsecs_monotonic(void)
+{
+	struct timespec tp;
+
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tp);
+
+	return ((long long)tp.tv_sec * UM_NSEC_PER_SEC) + tp.tv_nsec;
+}
+
 #ifdef UML_CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 static int after_sleep_interval(struct timespec *ts)
 {