diff --git a/libavdevice/v4l2.c b/libavdevice/v4l2.c
index 4b3f6a8c73..bbd4892cde 100644
--- a/libavdevice/v4l2.c
+++ b/libavdevice/v4l2.c
@@ -427,10 +427,7 @@ static void mmap_release_buffer(void *opaque, uint8_t *data)
 #if HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME && defined(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
 static int64_t av_gettime_monotonic(void)
 {
-    struct timespec tv;
-
-    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tv);
-    return (int64_t)tv.tv_sec * 1000000 + tv.tv_nsec / 1000;
+    return av_gettime_relative();
 }
 #endif