diff --git a/include/linux/timekeeping.h b/include/linux/timekeeping.h
index a58e4b1..68e6678 100644
--- a/include/linux/timekeeping.h
+++ b/include/linux/timekeeping.h
@@ -108,11 +108,18 @@
 
 extern ktime_t ktime_get(void);
 extern ktime_t ktime_get_with_offset(enum tk_offsets offs);
-extern ktime_t ktime_get_real(void);
 extern ktime_t ktime_get_boottime(void);
 extern ktime_t ktime_get_monotonic_offset(void);
 extern ktime_t ktime_get_clocktai(void);
 
+/**
+ * ktime_get_real - get the real (wall-) time in ktime_t format
+ */
+static inline ktime_t ktime_get_real(void)
+{
+	return ktime_get_with_offset(TK_OFFS_REAL);
+}
+
 /*
  * RTC specific
  */