diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 44b7e6bb081b..3f6a827680fa 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void tk_set_wall_to_mono(struct timekeeper *tk, struct timespec wtm)
 	tk->wall_to_monotonic = wtm;
 	set_normalized_timespec(&tmp, -wtm.tv_sec, -wtm.tv_nsec);
 	tk->offs_real = timespec_to_ktime(tmp);
-	tk->offs_tai = ktime_sub(tk->offs_real, ktime_set(tk->tai_offset, 0));
+	tk->offs_tai = ktime_add(tk->offs_real, ktime_set(tk->tai_offset, 0));
 }
 
 static void tk_set_sleep_time(struct timekeeper *tk, struct timespec t)
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ s32 timekeeping_get_tai_offset(void)
 static void __timekeeping_set_tai_offset(struct timekeeper *tk, s32 tai_offset)
 {
 	tk->tai_offset = tai_offset;
-	tk->offs_tai = ktime_sub(tk->offs_real, ktime_set(tai_offset, 0));
+	tk->offs_tai = ktime_add(tk->offs_real, ktime_set(tai_offset, 0));
 }
 
 /**