#define RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "===="
 #define MIN_MEM_SIZE 4096UL
-#if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
-# define TVSEC_FMT "%ld"
-#else
-# define TVSEC_FMT "%lld"
-#endif
 
 static ulong record_size = MIN_MEM_SIZE;
 module_param(record_size, ulong, 0400);
        char data_type;
        int header_length = 0;
 
-       if (sscanf(buffer, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR TVSEC_FMT ".%lu-%c\n%n",
-                  &time->tv_sec, &time->tv_nsec, &data_type,
+       if (sscanf(buffer, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "%lld.%lu-%c\n%n",
+                  (time64_t *)&time->tv_sec, &time->tv_nsec, &data_type,
                   &header_length) == 3) {
                if (data_type == 'C')
                        *compressed = true;
                else
                        *compressed = false;
-       } else if (sscanf(buffer, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR TVSEC_FMT ".%lu\n%n",
-                         &time->tv_sec, &time->tv_nsec,
+       } else if (sscanf(buffer, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "%lld.%lu\n%n",
+                         (time64_t *)&time->tv_sec, &time->tv_nsec,
                          &header_length) == 2) {
                *compressed = false;
        } else {
        char *hdr;
        size_t len;
 
-       hdr = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR TVSEC_FMT ".%lu-%c\n",
-               record->time.tv_sec,
+       hdr = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "%lld.%06lu-%c\n",
+               (time64_t)record->time.tv_sec,
                record->time.tv_nsec / 1000,
                record->compressed ? 'C' : 'D');
        WARN_ON_ONCE(!hdr);