diff --git a/repos/os/include/rtc_session/rtc_session.h b/repos/os/include/rtc_session/rtc_session.h
index 9eeb3d81db..fb5a33a884 100644
--- a/repos/os/include/rtc_session/rtc_session.h
+++ b/repos/os/include/rtc_session/rtc_session.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ namespace Rtc {
 	{
 		static const char *service_name() { return "Rtc"; }
 
+		/**
+		 * Get microseconds elapsed since 1.1.1970 UTC.
+		 */
 		virtual Genode::uint64_t get_current_time() = 0;
 
 		GENODE_RPC(Rpc_get_current_time, Genode::uint64_t, get_current_time);
diff --git a/repos/os/src/drivers/rtc/x86/main.cc b/repos/os/src/drivers/rtc/x86/main.cc
index f24180c020..d3e02afde3 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/drivers/rtc/x86/main.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/drivers/rtc/x86/main.cc
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ static uint64_t get_rtc_time(void)
 
 	PDBG("Date:%02d.%02d.%04d Time:%02d:%02d:%02d\n", day, mon, year, hour, min, sec);
 
-	return mktime(day, mon, year, hour, min, sec) * 1000000UL;
+	/* return microseconds */
+	return mktime(day, mon, year, hour, min, sec) * 1000000ULL; 
 }
 
 
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/app/seoul/main.cc b/repos/ports/src/app/seoul/main.cc
index 05c01916d7..d24c1a1bac 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/app/seoul/main.cc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/app/seoul/main.cc
@@ -1121,9 +1121,10 @@ class Machine : public StaticReceiver<Machine>
 					return true;
 				}
 			}
-			msg.wallclocktime = _rtc->get_current_time();
+			/* get_current_time is in microseconds */
+			msg.wallclocktime = _rtc->get_current_time() / 1000000U * MessageTime::FREQUENCY;
 			Logging::printf("Got time %llx\n", msg.wallclocktime);
-			msg.timestamp = _unsynchronized_motherboard.clock()->clock(1000000U);
+			msg.timestamp = _unsynchronized_motherboard.clock()->clock(MessageTime::FREQUENCY);
 
 			*Genode::Thread_base::myself()->utcb() = utcb_backup;