diff --git a/include/monotonic.h b/include/monotonic.h
index a499fa34a..296173ece 100644
--- a/include/monotonic.h
+++ b/include/monotonic.h
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef UTIL_LINUX_MONOTONIC_H
 #define UTIL_LINUX_MONOTONIC_H
 
+# ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
+#  define UL_CLOCK_MONOTONIC	CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
+# else
+#  define UL_CLOCK_MONOTONIC	CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+# endif
+
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
 extern int get_boot_time(struct timeval *boot_time);
diff --git a/lib/monotonic.c b/lib/monotonic.c
index bb58e15d7..96ead1ee0 100644
--- a/lib/monotonic.c
+++ b/lib/monotonic.c
@@ -52,12 +52,8 @@ int gettime_monotonic(struct timeval *tv)
 	int ret;
 	struct timespec ts;
 
-# ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
 	/* Linux specific, can't slew */
-	if (!(ret = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, &ts))) {
-# else
-	if (!(ret = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))) {
-# endif
+	if (!(ret = clock_gettime(UL_CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))) {
 		tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
 		tv->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
 	}