diff --git a/reactos/lib/msvcrt/time/time.c b/reactos/lib/msvcrt/time/time.c
index 917ee9a60bb..6b0da0baca2 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/msvcrt/time/time.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/msvcrt/time/time.c
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ time(time_t *t)
 {
 	FILETIME  SystemTime;
 	DWORD Remainder;
+	time_t tt;
 	GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&SystemTime);
-	return FileTimeToUnixTime( &SystemTime,&Remainder ); 
+	tt = FileTimeToUnixTime( &SystemTime,&Remainder ); 
+	if (t)
+		*t = tt;
+	return tt;
 }
 
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