diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index cae54658b..dad6fc687 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ void parse_datestr(const char *date_str, struct tm *ptm) FAST_FUNC;
 time_t validate_tm_time(const char *date_str, struct tm *ptm) FAST_FUNC;
 char *strftime_HHMMSS(char *buf, unsigned len, time_t *tp) FAST_FUNC;
 char *strftime_YYYYMMDDHHMMSS(char *buf, unsigned len, time_t *tp) FAST_FUNC;
+void xgettimeofday(struct timeval *tv) FAST_FUNC;
 void xsettimeofday(const struct timeval *tv) FAST_FUNC;
 
 
diff --git a/libbb/time.c b/libbb/time.c
index 74a69eefb..cf5f2e5c8 100644
--- a/libbb/time.c
+++ b/libbb/time.c
@@ -291,19 +291,19 @@ unsigned FAST_FUNC monotonic_sec(void)
 unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_ns(void)
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
 	return tv.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + tv.tv_usec * 1000;
 }
 unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_us(void)
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
 	return tv.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + tv.tv_usec;
 }
 unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_ms(void)
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
 	return tv.tv_sec * 1000ULL + tv.tv_usec / 1000;
 }
 unsigned FAST_FUNC monotonic_sec(void)
diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs_printf.c b/libbb/xfuncs_printf.c
index aea995a5c..99596b9d0 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs_printf.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs_printf.c
@@ -720,3 +720,14 @@ void FAST_FUNC xsettimeofday(const struct timeval *tv)
 	if (settimeofday(tv, NULL))
 		bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die("settimeofday");
 }
+
+void FAST_FUNC xgettimeofday(struct timeval *tv)
+{
+#if 0
+	if (gettimeofday(tv, NULL))
+		bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die("gettimeofday");
+#else
+	/* Never fails on Linux */
+	gettimeofday(tv, NULL);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/miscutils/ts.c b/miscutils/ts.c
index f2d367654..6e5d77bda 100644
--- a/miscutils/ts.c
+++ b/miscutils/ts.c
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ int ts_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
 #define date_buf bb_common_bufsiz1
 	setup_common_bufsiz();
-	gettimeofday(&base, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&base);
 
 	while ((line = xmalloc_fgets(stdin)) != NULL) {
 		struct timeval ts;
 		struct tm tm_time;
 
-		gettimeofday(&ts, NULL);
+		xgettimeofday(&ts);
 		if (opt) {
 			/* -i and/or -s */
 			struct timeval ts1 = ts1;
diff --git a/networking/inetd.c b/networking/inetd.c
index 9f5a436d6..febfb7b73 100644
--- a/networking/inetd.c
+++ b/networking/inetd.c
@@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@ static uint32_t machtime(void)
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
 
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
 	return htonl((uint32_t)(tv.tv_sec + 2208988800U));
 }
 /* ARGSUSED */
diff --git a/networking/ntpd.c b/networking/ntpd.c
index 5a540a391..46d8f3495 100644
--- a/networking/ntpd.c
+++ b/networking/ntpd.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static double
 gettime1900d(void)
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL); /* never fails */
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
 	G.cur_time = tv.tv_sec + (1.0e-6 * tv.tv_usec) + OFFSET_1900_1970;
 	return G.cur_time;
 }
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ step_time(double offset)
 	char buf[sizeof("yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss") + /*paranoia:*/ 4];
 	time_t tval;
 
-	gettimeofday(&tvc, NULL); /* never fails */
+	xgettimeofday(&tvc);
 	dtime = tvc.tv_sec + (1.0e-6 * tvc.tv_usec) + offset;
 	d_to_tv(dtime, &tvn);
 	xsettimeofday(&tvn);
diff --git a/networking/traceroute.c b/networking/traceroute.c
index 3f1a9ab46..bd63e4449 100644
--- a/networking/traceroute.c
+++ b/networking/traceroute.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ send_probe(int seq, int ttl)
 		struct outdata6_t *pkt = (void *) outdata;
 		pkt->ident6 = ident;
 		pkt->seq6   = htonl(seq);
-		/*gettimeofday(&pkt->tv, &tz);*/
+		/*xgettimeofday(&pkt->tv);*/
 		icp = outicmp6;
 	} else
 #endif
diff --git a/procps/nmeter.c b/procps/nmeter.c
index 07b7abe2f..f08938654 100644
--- a/procps/nmeter.c
+++ b/procps/nmeter.c
@@ -952,11 +952,11 @@ int nmeter_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 	reset_outbuf();
 
 	if (G.delta >= 0) {
-		gettimeofday(&G.tv, NULL);
+		xgettimeofday(&G.tv);
 		usleep(G.delta > 1000000 ? 1000000 : G.delta - G.tv.tv_usec % G.deltanz);
 	}
 
-	gettimeofday(&G.start, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&G.start);
 	G.tv = G.start;
 	while (1) {
 		collect_info(first);
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ int nmeter_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 		if (G.delta >= 0) {
 			int rem;
 			// can be commented out, will sacrifice sleep time precision a bit
-			gettimeofday(&G.tv, NULL);
+			xgettimeofday(&G.tv);
 			if (need_seconds)
 				rem = G.delta - ((ullong)G.tv.tv_sec*1000000 + G.tv.tv_usec) % G.deltanz;
 			else
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ int nmeter_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 			}
 			usleep(rem);
 		}
-		gettimeofday(&G.tv, NULL);
+		xgettimeofday(&G.tv);
 	}
 
 	/*return 0;*/
diff --git a/runit/runsv.c b/runit/runsv.c
index d395d4528..ecab8cdf5 100644
--- a/runit/runsv.c
+++ b/runit/runsv.c
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ static void gettimeofday_ns(struct timespec *ts)
 	 && sizeof(((struct timeval*)ts)->tv_usec) == sizeof(ts->tv_nsec)
 	) {
 		/* Cheat */
-		gettimeofday((void*)ts, NULL);
+		xgettimeofday((void*)ts);
 		ts->tv_nsec *= 1000;
 	} else {
 		/* For example, musl has "incompatible" layouts */
 		struct timeval tv;
-	        gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+		xgettimeofday(&tv);
 		ts->tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
 		ts->tv_nsec = tv.tv_usec * 1000;
 	}
diff --git a/runit/svlogd.c b/runit/svlogd.c
index 040e71104..294e31aca 100644
--- a/runit/svlogd.c
+++ b/runit/svlogd.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static void fmt_time_human_30nul(char *s, char dt_delim)
 	struct tm *ptm;
 	struct timeval tv;
 
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
 	ptm = gmtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm);
 	/* ^^^ using gmtime_r() instead of gmtime() to not use static data */
 	sprintf(s, "%04u-%02u-%02u%c%02u:%02u:%02u.%06u000",
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static void fmt_time_bernstein_25(char *s)
 	struct timeval tv;
 	unsigned sec_hi;
 
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
 	sec_hi = (0x400000000000000aULL + tv.tv_sec) >> 32;
 	tv.tv_sec = (time_t)(0x400000000000000aULL) + tv.tv_sec;
 	tv.tv_usec *= 1000;
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index f16d7fb6a..54f004375 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -11371,10 +11371,10 @@ static void FAST_FUNC
 change_epoch(struct var *vepoch, const char *fmt)
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
-	char buffer[sizeof("%lu.nnnnnn") + sizeof(long)*3];
+	char buffer[sizeof("%llu.nnnnnn") + sizeof(long long)*3];
 
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-	sprintf(buffer, fmt, (unsigned long)tv.tv_sec, (unsigned)tv.tv_usec);
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
+	sprintf(buffer, fmt, (unsigned long long)tv.tv_sec, (unsigned)tv.tv_usec);
 	setvar(vepoch->var_text, buffer, VNOFUNC);
 	vepoch->flags &= ~VNOFUNC;
 }
@@ -11382,13 +11382,13 @@ change_epoch(struct var *vepoch, const char *fmt)
 static void FAST_FUNC
 change_seconds(const char *value UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
-	change_epoch(&vepochs, "%lu");
+	change_epoch(&vepochs, "%llu");
 }
 
 static void FAST_FUNC
 change_realtime(const char *value UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
-	change_epoch(&vepochr, "%lu.%06u");
+	change_epoch(&vepochr, "%llu.%06u");
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 9fead37da..65f08659f 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ struct globals {
 	struct sigaction sa;
 	char optstring_buf[sizeof("eixcs")];
 #if BASH_EPOCH_VARS
-	char epoch_buf[sizeof("%lu.nnnnnn") + sizeof(long)*3];
+	char epoch_buf[sizeof("%llu.nnnnnn") + sizeof(long long)*3];
 #endif
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_EDITING
 	char user_input_buf[CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_MAX_LEN];
@@ -2277,13 +2277,13 @@ static const char* FAST_FUNC get_local_var_value(const char *name)
 	{
 		const char *fmt = NULL;
 		if (strcmp(name, "EPOCHSECONDS") == 0)
-			fmt = "%lu";
+			fmt = "%llu";
 		else if (strcmp(name, "EPOCHREALTIME") == 0)
-			fmt = "%lu.%06u";
+			fmt = "%llu.%06u";
 		if (fmt) {
 			struct timeval tv;
-			gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-			sprintf(G.epoch_buf, fmt, (unsigned long)tv.tv_sec,
+			xgettimeofday(&tv);
+			sprintf(G.epoch_buf, fmt, (unsigned long long)tv.tv_sec,
 					(unsigned)tv.tv_usec);
 			return G.epoch_buf;
 		}
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 598f28d0c..6ddfd771a 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ static void timestamp_and_log(int pri, char *msg, int len)
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_PRECISE_TIMESTAMPS
 	if (!timestamp) {
 		struct timeval tv;
-		gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+		xgettimeofday(&tv);
 		now = tv.tv_sec;
 		timestamp = ctime(&now) + 4; /* skip day of week */
 		/* overwrite year by milliseconds, zero terminate */
diff --git a/util-linux/hwclock.c b/util-linux/hwclock.c
index 25db7cdad..723b09589 100644
--- a/util-linux/hwclock.c
+++ b/util-linux/hwclock.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static time_t read_rtc(const char **pp_rtcname, struct timeval *sys_tv, int utc)
 		int before = tm_time.tm_sec;
 		while (1) {
 			rtc_read_tm(&tm_time, fd);
-			gettimeofday(sys_tv, NULL);
+			xgettimeofday(sys_tv);
 			if (before != (int)tm_time.tm_sec)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void from_sys_clock(const char **pp_rtcname, int utc)
 	int rtc;
 
 	rtc = rtc_xopen(pp_rtcname, O_WRONLY);
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
 	/* Prepare tm_time */
 	if (sizeof(time_t) == sizeof(tv.tv_sec)) {
 		if (utc)
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void from_sys_clock(const char **pp_rtcname, int utc)
 		unsigned rem_usec;
 		time_t t;
 
-		gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+		xgettimeofday(&tv);
 
 		t = tv.tv_sec;
 		rem_usec = 1000000 - tv.tv_usec;
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static void from_sys_clock(const char **pp_rtcname, int utc)
 		}
 
 		/* gmtime/localtime took some time, re-get cur time */
-		gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+		xgettimeofday(&tv);
 
 		if (tv.tv_sec < t /* we are still in old second */
 		 || (tv.tv_sec == t && tv.tv_usec < adj) /* not too far into next second */
diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c
index ebf83d1a3..dbbcbc655 100644
--- a/util-linux/mdev.c
+++ b/util-linux/mdev.c
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ static void load_firmware(const char *firmware, const char *sysfs_path)
 static char *curtime(void)
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	xgettimeofday(&tv);
 	sprintf(
 		strftime_HHMMSS(G.timestr, sizeof(G.timestr), &tv.tv_sec),
 		".%06u",
diff --git a/util-linux/script.c b/util-linux/script.c
index 4eac5e94f..963435335 100644
--- a/util-linux/script.c
+++ b/util-linux/script.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ int script_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 						struct timeval tv;
 						double newtime;
 
-						gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+						xgettimeofday(&tv);
 						newtime = tv.tv_sec + (double) tv.tv_usec / 1000000;
 						fprintf(timing_fp, "%f %u\n", newtime - oldtime, count);
 						oldtime = newtime;