diff --git a/net/dccp/dccp.h b/net/dccp/dccp.h
index ddacc23..a75c740 100644
--- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
+++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@
 extern int dccp_insert_option_elapsed_time(struct sock *sk,
 					    struct sk_buff *skb,
 					    u32 elapsed_time);
+extern u32 dccp_timestamp(void);
+extern void dccp_timestamping_init(void);
 extern int dccp_insert_option_timestamp(struct sock *sk,
 					 struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern int dccp_insert_option(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/dccp/options.c b/net/dccp/options.c
index 1674156..a57fcbd 100644
--- a/net/dccp/options.c
+++ b/net/dccp/options.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 
 int dccp_insert_option_timestamp(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	__be32 now = htonl(((suseconds_t)ktime_to_us(ktime_get_real())) / 10);
+	__be32 now = htonl(dccp_timestamp());
 	/* yes this will overflow but that is the point as we want a
 	 * 10 usec 32 bit timer which mean it wraps every 11.9 hours */
 
diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c
index 8d545da..14ec1d2 100644
--- a/net/dccp/proto.c
+++ b/net/dccp/proto.c
@@ -1076,6 +1076,8 @@
 	rc = dccp_sysctl_init();
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_ackvec_exit;
+
+	dccp_timestamping_init();
 out:
 	return rc;
 out_ackvec_exit:
diff --git a/net/dccp/timer.c b/net/dccp/timer.c
index 0197a41..3af0673 100644
--- a/net/dccp/timer.c
+++ b/net/dccp/timer.c
@@ -291,3 +291,24 @@
 	inet_csk_init_xmit_timers(sk, &dccp_write_timer, &dccp_delack_timer,
 				  &dccp_keepalive_timer);
 }
+
+static ktime_t dccp_timestamp_seed;
+/**
+ * dccp_timestamp  -  10s of microseconds time source
+ * Returns the number of 10s of microseconds since loading DCCP. This is native
+ * DCCP time difference format (RFC 4340, sec. 13).
+ * Please note: This will wrap around about circa every 11.9 hours.
+ */
+u32 dccp_timestamp(void)
+{
+	s64 delta = ktime_us_delta(ktime_get_real(), dccp_timestamp_seed);
+
+	do_div(delta, 10);
+	return delta;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_timestamp);
+
+void __init dccp_timestamping_init(void)
+{
+	dccp_timestamp_seed = ktime_get_real();
+}