diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/isa/clock.c b/sys/arch/i386/isa/clock.c
index 11a0908972da..0ace1083a652 100644
--- a/sys/arch/i386/isa/clock.c
+++ b/sys/arch/i386/isa/clock.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: clock.c,v 1.48 1998/06/27 02:51:56 perry Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: clock.c,v 1.49 1998/06/27 02:55:10 perry Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 Charles Hannum.
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ inittodr(base)
 	if (base < 25*SECYR) {	/* if before 1995, something's odd... */
 		printf("WARNING: preposterous time in file system\n");
 		/* read the system clock anyway */
-		base = 17*SECYR + 186*SECDAY + SECDAY/2;
+		base = 27*SECYR + 186*SECDAY + SECDAY/2;
 	}
 
 	s = splclock();