diff --git a/fs/afs/flock.c b/fs/afs/flock.c
index c4210a3964d8..bbcc5afd1576 100644
--- a/fs/afs/flock.c
+++ b/fs/afs/flock.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void afs_lock_op_done(struct afs_call *call)
 	if (call->error == 0) {
 		spin_lock(&vnode->lock);
 		trace_afs_flock_ev(vnode, NULL, afs_flock_timestamp, 0);
-		vnode->locked_at = call->reply_time;
+		vnode->locked_at = call->issue_time;
 		afs_schedule_lock_extension(vnode);
 		spin_unlock(&vnode->lock);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/afs/fsclient.c b/fs/afs/fsclient.c
index 4943413d9c5f..7d37f63ef0f0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/fsclient.c
+++ b/fs/afs/fsclient.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ bad:
 
 static time64_t xdr_decode_expiry(struct afs_call *call, u32 expiry)
 {
-	return ktime_divns(call->reply_time, NSEC_PER_SEC) + expiry;
+	return ktime_divns(call->issue_time, NSEC_PER_SEC) + expiry;
 }
 
 static void xdr_decode_AFSCallBack(const __be32 **_bp,
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 0ad97a8fc0d4..567e61b553f5 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ struct afs_call {
 	bool			need_attention;	/* T if RxRPC poked us */
 	bool			async;		/* T if asynchronous */
 	bool			upgrade;	/* T to request service upgrade */
-	bool			have_reply_time; /* T if have got reply_time */
 	bool			intr;		/* T if interruptible */
 	bool			unmarshalling_error; /* T if an unmarshalling error occurred */
 	u16			service_id;	/* Actual service ID (after upgrade) */
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ struct afs_call {
 		} __attribute__((packed));
 		__be64		tmp64;
 	};
-	ktime_t			reply_time;	/* Time of first reply packet */
+	ktime_t			issue_time;	/* Time of issue of operation */
 };
 
 struct afs_call_type {
diff --git a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
index a5434f3e57c6..e3de7fea3643 100644
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ void afs_make_call(struct afs_addr_cursor *ac, struct afs_call *call, gfp_t gfp)
 	if (call->max_lifespan)
 		rxrpc_kernel_set_max_life(call->net->socket, rxcall,
 					  call->max_lifespan);
+	call->issue_time = ktime_get_real();
 
 	/* send the request */
 	iov[0].iov_base	= call->request;
@@ -497,12 +498,6 @@ static void afs_deliver_to_call(struct afs_call *call)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (!call->have_reply_time &&
-		    rxrpc_kernel_get_reply_time(call->net->socket,
-						call->rxcall,
-						&call->reply_time))
-			call->have_reply_time = true;
-
 		ret = call->type->deliver(call);
 		state = READ_ONCE(call->state);
 		if (ret == 0 && call->unmarshalling_error)
diff --git a/fs/afs/yfsclient.c b/fs/afs/yfsclient.c
index 2b35cba8ad62..88ea20e79ae2 100644
--- a/fs/afs/yfsclient.c
+++ b/fs/afs/yfsclient.c
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ static void xdr_decode_YFSCallBack(const __be32 **_bp,
 	struct afs_callback *cb = &scb->callback;
 	ktime_t cb_expiry;
 
-	cb_expiry = call->reply_time;
-	cb_expiry = ktime_add(cb_expiry, xdr_to_u64(x->expiration_time) * 100);
+	cb_expiry = ktime_add(call->issue_time, xdr_to_u64(x->expiration_time) * 100);
 	cb->expires_at	= ktime_divns(cb_expiry, NSEC_PER_SEC);
 	scb->have_cb	= true;
 	*_bp += xdr_size(x);