diff --git a/src/backend/core/mmio/PIF.cpp b/src/backend/core/mmio/PIF.cpp
index 3042c5bb..5e2f4f6a 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/mmio/PIF.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/core/mmio/PIF.cpp
@@ -212,18 +212,15 @@ void PIF::ProcessCommands(Mem &mem) {
                 break;
               case 2: {
                 auto now = std::time(nullptr);
-                tm gmtm{};
-                if(gmtime_s(&gmtm, &now)) {
-                  Util::panic("Could not retrieve time!");
-                }
-                res[0] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm.tm_sec);
-                res[1] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm.tm_min);
-                res[2] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm.tm_hour) + 0x80;
-                res[3] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm.tm_mday);
-                res[4] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm.tm_wday);
-                res[5] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm.tm_mon);
-                res[6] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm.tm_year);
-                res[7] = (gmtm.tm_year - 1900) >= 100 ? 1 : 0;
+                auto* gmtm = gmtime(&now);
+                res[0] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm->tm_sec);
+                res[1] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm->tm_min);
+                res[2] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm->tm_hour) + 0x80;
+                res[3] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm->tm_mday);
+                res[4] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm->tm_wday);
+                res[5] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm->tm_mon);
+                res[6] = BCD_ENCODE(gmtm->tm_year);
+                res[7] = (gmtm->tm_year - 1900) >= 100 ? 1 : 0;
               } break;
               default: Util::panic("Invalid read RTC block {}", cmd[CMD_START]);
             }