diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h
index 7bfdcae34515..dbd7b44bc9da 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
 int get_phys_clock(unsigned long *clock);
 void init_cpu_timer(void);
 
-extern unsigned char tod_clock_base[16] __aligned(8);
+extern union tod_clock tod_clock_base;
 
 /**
  * get_clock_monotonic - returns current time in clock rate units
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static inline unsigned long long get_tod_clock_monotonic(void)
 	unsigned long long tod;
 
 	preempt_disable_notrace();
-	tod = get_tod_clock() - *(unsigned long long *) &tod_clock_base[1];
+	tod = get_tod_clock() - tod_clock_base.tod;
 	preempt_enable_notrace();
 	return tod;
 }
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
index 8f046f985d8e..a361d2e70025 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ static void __init reset_tod_clock(void)
 	if (set_tod_clock(TOD_UNIX_EPOCH) || store_tod_clock_ext_cc(&clk))
 		disabled_wait();
 
-	memset(tod_clock_base, 0, 16);
-	*(__u64 *) &tod_clock_base[1] = TOD_UNIX_EPOCH;
+	memset(&tod_clock_base, 0, sizeof(tod_clock_base));
+	tod_clock_base.tod = TOD_UNIX_EPOCH;
 	S390_lowcore.last_update_clock = TOD_UNIX_EPOCH;
 }
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static __init void detect_machine_facilities(void)
 	}
 	if (test_facility(133))
 		S390_lowcore.machine_flags |= MACHINE_FLAG_GS;
-	if (test_facility(139) && (tod_clock_base[1] & 0x80)) {
+	if (test_facility(139) && (tod_clock_base.tod >> 63)) {
 		/* Enabled signed clock comparator comparisons */
 		S390_lowcore.machine_flags |= MACHINE_FLAG_SCC;
 		clock_comparator_max = -1ULL >> 1;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_cf_diag.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_cf_diag.c
index 6f6b3382edb7..b5c86fb70d63 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_cf_diag.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_cf_diag.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static void cf_diag_trailer(struct cf_trailer_entry *te)
 	if (te->cpu_speed)
 		te->speed = 1;
 	te->clock_base = 1;			/* Save clock base */
-	memcpy(&te->tod_base, &tod_clock_base[1], 8);
+	te->tod_base = tod_clock_base.tod;
 	te->timestamp = get_tod_clock_fast();
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
index 19cd7b961c45..db62def4ef28 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ static void aux_sdb_init(unsigned long sdb)
 
 	/* Save clock base */
 	te->clock_base = 1;
-	memcpy(&te->progusage2, &tod_clock_base[1], 8);
+	te->progusage2 = tod_clock_base.tod;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
index c59cb44fbb7d..06bcfa636638 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
@@ -55,11 +55,7 @@
 #include <asm/cio.h>
 #include "entry.h"
 
-unsigned char tod_clock_base[16] __aligned(8) = {
-	/* Force to data section. */
-	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
-	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
-};
+union tod_clock tod_clock_base __section(".data");
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tod_clock_base);
 
 u64 clock_comparator_max = -1ULL;
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ void __init time_early_init(void)
 	struct ptff_qui qui;
 
 	/* Initialize TOD steering parameters */
-	tod_steering_end = *(unsigned long long *) &tod_clock_base[1];
+	tod_steering_end = tod_clock_base.tod;
 	vdso_data->arch_data.tod_steering_end = tod_steering_end;
 
 	if (!test_facility(28))
@@ -113,18 +109,13 @@ unsigned long long notrace sched_clock(void)
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(sched_clock);
 
-static void ext_to_timespec64(unsigned char *clk, struct timespec64 *xt)
+static void ext_to_timespec64(union tod_clock *clk, struct timespec64 *xt)
 {
-	unsigned long long high, low, rem, sec, nsec;
+	unsigned long rem, sec, nsec;
 
-	/* Split extendnd TOD clock to micro-seconds and sub-micro-seconds */
-	high = (*(unsigned long long *) clk) >> 4;
-	low = (*(unsigned long long *)&clk[7]) << 4;
-	/* Calculate seconds and nano-seconds */
-	sec = high;
+	sec = clk->us;
 	rem = do_div(sec, 1000000);
-	nsec = (((low >> 32) + (rem << 32)) * 1000) >> 32;
-
+	nsec = ((clk->sus + (rem << 12)) * 125) >> 9;
 	xt->tv_sec = sec;
 	xt->tv_nsec = nsec;
 }
@@ -204,30 +195,26 @@ static void stp_reset(void);
 
 void read_persistent_clock64(struct timespec64 *ts)
 {
-	unsigned char clk[STORE_CLOCK_EXT_SIZE];
-	__u64 delta;
+	union tod_clock clk;
+	u64 delta;
 
 	delta = initial_leap_seconds + TOD_UNIX_EPOCH;
-	get_tod_clock_ext(clk);
-	*(__u64 *) &clk[1] -= delta;
-	if (*(__u64 *) &clk[1] > delta)
-		clk[0]--;
-	ext_to_timespec64(clk, ts);
+	store_tod_clock_ext(&clk);
+	clk.eitod -= delta;
+	ext_to_timespec64(&clk, ts);
 }
 
 void __init read_persistent_wall_and_boot_offset(struct timespec64 *wall_time,
 						 struct timespec64 *boot_offset)
 {
-	unsigned char clk[STORE_CLOCK_EXT_SIZE];
 	struct timespec64 boot_time;
-	__u64 delta;
+	union tod_clock clk;
+	u64 delta;
 
 	delta = initial_leap_seconds + TOD_UNIX_EPOCH;
-	memcpy(clk, tod_clock_base, STORE_CLOCK_EXT_SIZE);
-	*(__u64 *)&clk[1] -= delta;
-	if (*(__u64 *)&clk[1] > delta)
-		clk[0]--;
-	ext_to_timespec64(clk, &boot_time);
+	clk = tod_clock_base;
+	clk.eitod -= delta;
+	ext_to_timespec64(&clk, &boot_time);
 
 	read_persistent_clock64(wall_time);
 	*boot_offset = timespec64_sub(*wall_time, boot_time);
@@ -381,10 +368,7 @@ static void clock_sync_global(unsigned long long delta)
 	struct ptff_qto qto;
 
 	/* Fixup the monotonic sched clock. */
-	*(unsigned long long *) &tod_clock_base[1] += delta;
-	if (*(unsigned long long *) &tod_clock_base[1] < delta)
-		/* Epoch overflow */
-		tod_clock_base[0]++;
+	tod_clock_base.eitod += delta;
 	/* Adjust TOD steering parameters. */
 	now = get_tod_clock();
 	adj = tod_steering_end - now;