1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/hwclock.c b/util-linux/hwclock.c
index 3d28364e9..2cdb186c5 100644
--- a/util-linux/hwclock.c
+++ b/util-linux/hwclock.c
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ static void write_rtc(time_t t, int utc)
         struct tm tm;
         int rtc = rtc_xopen(&rtcname, O_WRONLY);
 
-        tm = *(utc ? gmtime(&t) : localtime(&t));
+        if (utc)
+                gmtime_r(&t, &tm);
+        else
+                localtime_r(&t, &tm);
         tm.tm_isdst = 0;
 
         xioctl(rtc, RTC_SET_TIME, &tm);