diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 3375f0a6400fa..63061332a75c3 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static inline u64 timekeeping_cycles_to_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr, u64 c
 	return timekeeping_delta_to_ns(tkr, delta);
 }
 
-static __always_inline u64 fast_tk_get_delta_ns(struct tk_read_base *tkr)
+static __always_inline u64 __timekeeping_get_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr)
 {
 	u64 delta, cycles = tk_clock_read(tkr);
 
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static __always_inline u64 __ktime_get_fast_ns(struct tk_fast *tkf)
 		seq = raw_read_seqcount_latch(&tkf->seq);
 		tkr = tkf->base + (seq & 0x01);
 		now = ktime_to_ns(tkr->base);
-		now += fast_tk_get_delta_ns(tkr);
+		now += __timekeeping_get_ns(tkr);
 	} while (raw_read_seqcount_latch_retry(&tkf->seq, seq));
 
 	return now;
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static __always_inline u64 __ktime_get_real_fast(struct tk_fast *tkf, u64 *mono)
 		tkr = tkf->base + (seq & 0x01);
 		basem = ktime_to_ns(tkr->base);
 		baser = ktime_to_ns(tkr->base_real);
-		delta = fast_tk_get_delta_ns(tkr);
+		delta = __timekeeping_get_ns(tkr);
 	} while (raw_read_seqcount_latch_retry(&tkf->seq, seq));
 
 	if (mono)