diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/net_dropmon.h b/include/uapi/linux/net_dropmon.h
index 75a35dccb67516de88d20f598fafb7189644f066..8bf79a9eb234aa6f2d42aa4205fed5034bde6af6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/net_dropmon.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/net_dropmon.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ enum net_dm_attr {
 	NET_DM_ATTR_PC,				/* u64 */
 	NET_DM_ATTR_SYMBOL,			/* string */
 	NET_DM_ATTR_IN_PORT,			/* nested */
-	NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP,			/* struct timespec */
+	NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP,			/* u64 */
 	NET_DM_ATTR_PROTO,			/* u16 */
 	NET_DM_ATTR_PAYLOAD,			/* binary */
 	NET_DM_ATTR_PAD,
diff --git a/net/core/drop_monitor.c b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
index bfc024024aa39989d02b0b043ca608b33629cdff..cc60cc22e2db73987d1a1e6060aeada32fd62981 100644
--- a/net/core/drop_monitor.c
+++ b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static size_t net_dm_packet_report_size(size_t payload_len)
 	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_IN_PORT */
 	       net_dm_in_port_size() +
 	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP */
-	       nla_total_size(sizeof(struct timespec)) +
+	       nla_total_size(sizeof(u64)) +
 	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_ORIG_LEN */
 	       nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
 	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_PROTO */
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ static int net_dm_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	u64 pc = (u64)(uintptr_t) NET_DM_SKB_CB(skb)->pc;
 	char buf[NET_DM_MAX_SYMBOL_LEN];
 	struct nlattr *attr;
-	struct timespec ts;
 	void *hdr;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -615,8 +614,8 @@ static int net_dm_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (rc)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (ktime_to_timespec_cond(skb->tstamp, &ts) &&
-	    nla_put(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP, sizeof(ts), &ts))
+	if (nla_put_u64_64bit(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP,
+			      ktime_to_ns(skb->tstamp), NET_DM_ATTR_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_ORIG_LEN, skb->len))
@@ -716,7 +715,7 @@ net_dm_hw_packet_report_size(size_t payload_len,
 	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_IN_PORT */
 	       net_dm_in_port_size() +
 	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP */
-	       nla_total_size(sizeof(struct timespec)) +
+	       nla_total_size(sizeof(u64)) +
 	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_ORIG_LEN */
 	       nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
 	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_PROTO */
@@ -730,7 +729,6 @@ static int net_dm_hw_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 {
 	struct net_dm_hw_metadata *hw_metadata;
 	struct nlattr *attr;
-	struct timespec ts;
 	void *hdr;
 
 	hw_metadata = NET_DM_SKB_CB(skb)->hw_metadata;
@@ -761,8 +759,8 @@ static int net_dm_hw_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
-	if (ktime_to_timespec_cond(skb->tstamp, &ts) &&
-	    nla_put(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP, sizeof(ts), &ts))
+	if (nla_put_u64_64bit(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP,
+			      ktime_to_ns(skb->tstamp), NET_DM_ATTR_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_ORIG_LEN, skb->len))