diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index 702dd276ae..14ff5b6f48 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ _DEFUN (ctime_r, (tim_p, result),
     return asctime_r (localtime_r (tim_p, &tm), result);
 }
 
-/* for compatibility with linux code */
-typedef __s64 time64_t;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIB_DATE
 time64_t mktime64(const unsigned int year, const unsigned int mon,
 		  const unsigned int day, const unsigned int hour,
diff --git a/include/rtc.h b/include/rtc.h
index 6c7fcadd48..10104e3bf5 100644
--- a/include/rtc.h
+++ b/include/rtc.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <bcd.h>
 #include <rtc_def.h>
 
+typedef int64_t time64_t;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DM_RTC
 
 struct udevice;
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ int rtc_calc_weekday(struct rtc_time *time);
 void rtc_to_tm(u64 time_t, struct rtc_time *time);
 
 /**
- * rtc_mktime() - Convert a broken-out time into a time_t value
+ * rtc_mktime() - Convert a broken-out time into a time64_t value
  *
  * The following fields need to be valid for this function to work:
  *	tm_sec, tm_min, tm_hour, tm_mday, tm_mon, tm_year
@@ -309,9 +311,9 @@ void rtc_to_tm(u64 time_t, struct rtc_time *time);
  * Note that tm_wday and tm_yday are ignored.
  *
  * @time:	Broken-out time to convert
- * Return: corresponding time_t value, seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00
+ * Return: corresponding time64_t value, seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00
  */
-unsigned long rtc_mktime(const struct rtc_time *time);
+time64_t rtc_mktime(const struct rtc_time *time);
 
 /**
  * rtc_month_days() - The number of days in the month
diff --git a/lib/date.c b/lib/date.c
index c589d9ed3a..e3d22459cd 100644
--- a/lib/date.c
+++ b/lib/date.c
@@ -71,19 +71,16 @@ int rtc_calc_weekday(struct rtc_time *tm)
  * -year / 100 + year / 400 terms, and add 10.]
  *
  * This algorithm was first published by Gauss (I think).
- *
- * WARNING: this function will overflow on 2106-02-07 06:28:16 on
- * machines where long is 32-bit! (However, as time_t is signed, we
- * will already get problems at other places on 2038-01-19 03:14:08)
  */
-unsigned long rtc_mktime(const struct rtc_time *tm)
+time64_t rtc_mktime(const struct rtc_time *tm)
 {
 	int mon = tm->tm_mon;
 	int year = tm->tm_year;
-	int days, hours;
+	unsigned long days;
+	time64_t hours;
 
 	mon -= 2;
-	if (0 >= (int)mon) {	/* 1..12 -> 11, 12, 1..10 */
+	if (0 >= mon) {		/* 1..12 -> 11, 12, 1..10 */
 		mon += 12;	/* Puts Feb last since it has leap day */
 		year -= 1;
 	}
@@ -109,5 +106,5 @@ time64_t mktime64(const unsigned int year, const unsigned int mon,
 	time.tm_min = min;
 	time.tm_sec = sec;
 
-	return (time64_t)rtc_mktime((const struct rtc_time *)&time);
+	return rtc_mktime((const struct rtc_time *)&time);
 }