diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs_node.h b/fs/nfs/nfs_node.h
index 6a3e22f549..cb5925f3b7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs_node.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs_node.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct nfsnode
   uint8_t            n_fhsize;      /* Size in bytes of the file handle */
   uint8_t            n_flags;       /* Node flags */
   uint16_t           n_mode;        /* File mode for fstat() */
-  struct timespec    n_mtime;       /* File modification time */
+  time_t             n_mtime;       /* File modification time */
   time_t             n_ctime;       /* File creation time */
   nfsfh_t            n_fhandle;     /* NFS File Handle */
   uint64_t           n_size;        /* Current size of file */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs_util.c b/fs/nfs/nfs_util.c
index 10d9762bdf..228e077b28 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs_util.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs_util.c
@@ -586,7 +586,9 @@ void nfs_attrupdate(FAR struct nfsnode *np, FAR struct nfs_fattr *attributes)
   np->n_mode   = fxdr_unsigned(uint16_t, attributes->fa_mode);
   np->n_size   = fxdr_hyper(&attributes->fa_size);
 
-  fxdr_nfsv3time(&attributes->fa_mtime, &np->n_mtime);
+  fxdr_nfsv3time(&attributes->fa_mtime, &ts);
+  np->n_mtime  = ts.tv_sec;
+
   fxdr_nfsv3time(&attributes->fa_ctime, &ts);
   np->n_ctime  = ts.tv_sec;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs_vfsops.c b/fs/nfs/nfs_vfsops.c
index a11495084f..2051f97c58 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs_vfsops.c
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ static int nfs_fstat(FAR const struct file *filep, FAR struct stat *buf)
 
   /* Extract time values as type time_t in units of seconds. */
 
-  info.ns_mtime = np->n_mtime.tv_sec;
+  info.ns_mtime = np->n_mtime;
   info.ns_ctime = np->n_ctime;
 
   /* Use the current time for the time of last access. */