diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 90ed5db67c1d..849b93265904 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -585,15 +585,19 @@ static void timekeeping_update(struct timekeeper *tk, unsigned int action)
 	update_vsyscall(tk);
 	update_pvclock_gtod(tk, action & TK_CLOCK_WAS_SET);
 
-	if (action & TK_MIRROR)
-		memcpy(&shadow_timekeeper, &tk_core.timekeeper,
-		       sizeof(tk_core.timekeeper));
-
 	update_fast_timekeeper(&tk->tkr_mono, &tk_fast_mono);
 	update_fast_timekeeper(&tk->tkr_raw,  &tk_fast_raw);
 
 	if (action & TK_CLOCK_WAS_SET)
 		tk->clock_was_set_seq++;
+	/*
+	 * The mirroring of the data to the shadow-timekeeper needs
+	 * to happen last here to ensure we don't over-write the
+	 * timekeeper structure on the next update with stale data
+	 */
+	if (action & TK_MIRROR)
+		memcpy(&shadow_timekeeper, &tk_core.timekeeper,
+		       sizeof(tk_core.timekeeper));
 }
 
 /**