diff --git a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/Clock.cpp b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/Clock.cpp
index c625785b..050ec099 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/Clock.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/Clock.cpp
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ ReturnValue_t Clock::getClock_usecs(uint64_t* time) {
 }
 
 ReturnValue_t Clock::getClockMonotonic(timeval *time) {
-  timespec timeUnix{};
-  int status = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, &timeUnix);
+  timespec timeMonotonic{};
+  int status = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, &timeMonotonic);
   if (status != 0) {
     return returnvalue::FAILED;
   }
-  time->tv_sec = timeUnix.tv_sec;
-  time->tv_usec = timeUnix.tv_nsec / 1000.0;
+  time->tv_sec = timeMonotonic.tv_sec;
+  time->tv_usec = timeMonotonic.tv_nsec / 1000.0;
   return returnvalue::OK;
 }