diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index f6ee2e6b6f5d..3739ac6aa473 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ static __always_inline void timekeeping_freqadjust(struct timekeeper *tk,
 	negative = (tick_error < 0);
 
 	/* Sort out the magnitude of the correction */
-	tick_error = abs(tick_error);
+	tick_error = abs64(tick_error);
 	for (adj = 0; tick_error > interval; adj++)
 		tick_error >>= 1;