https://bugs.gentoo.org/956643
https://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3981

--- a/libntp/machines.c
+++ b/libntp/machines.c
@@ -477,10 +477,8 @@
 #endif /* HAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY */
 #ifdef HAVE_STIME
 	if (rc && (SET_TOD_STIME == tod || !tod)) {
-		long tp = tvp->tv_sec;
-
 		errno = 0;
-		rc = stime(&tp); /* lie as bad as SysVR4 */
+		rc = stime(&tvp->tv_sec);
 		saved_errno = errno;
 		TRACE(1, ("ntp_set_tod: stime: %d %m\n", rc));
 		if (!tod && !rc)