diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageLinksDirectory.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageLinksDirectory.cpp
index 71e58b774e..48a9ac835f 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageLinksDirectory.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageLinksDirectory.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "EmptyAttributeDirectoryCookie.h"
 #include "DebugSupport.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
 
 
 PackageLinksDirectory::PackageLinksDirectory()
@@ -17,10 +18,7 @@ PackageLinksDirectory::PackageLinksDirectory()
 	Directory(0)
 		// the ID needs to be assigned later, when added to a volume
 {
-	bigtime_t timeMicros = real_time_clock_usecs();
-
-	fModifiedTime.tv_sec = timeMicros / 1000000;
-	fModifiedTime.tv_nsec = (timeMicros % 1000000) * 1000;
+	get_real_time(fModifiedTime);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Utils.h b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Utils.h
index e81b475cba..2a9359368e 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Utils.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Utils.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include <OS.h>
 
 
 inline bool operator<(const timespec& a, const timespec& b)
@@ -38,4 +41,14 @@ set_dirent_name(struct dirent* buffer, size_t bufferSize, const char* name,
 }
 
 
+static inline void
+get_real_time(timespec& time)
+{
+	bigtime_t timeMicros = real_time_clock_usecs();
+
+	time.tv_sec = timeMicros / 1000000;
+	time.tv_nsec = (timeMicros % 1000000) * 1000;
+}
+
+
 #endif	// UTILS_H