diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlThreads.cc b/src/tl/tl/tlThreads.cc
index 24ea37d06..70aa11f6c 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlThreads.cc
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlThreads.cc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public:
     if (time < std::numeric_limits<unsigned long>::max ()) {
 
       struct timespec end_time;
-      clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &end_time);
+      current_utc_time (&end_time);
 
       end_time.tv_sec += (time / 1000);
       end_time.tv_nsec += (time % 1000) * 1000000;
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ bool Thread::wait (unsigned long time)
     while (isRunning ()) {
 
       struct timespec current_time;
-      clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &current_time);
+      current_utc_time (&current_time);
       if (end_time.tv_sec < current_time.tv_sec || (end_time.tv_sec == current_time.tv_sec && end_time.tv_nsec < current_time.tv_nsec)) {
         return false;
       }