diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
index 227df24387df..6a51baa172ae 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/timekeeping.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
 #include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
 
 /* Maximum MTD partition size */
 #define MTDOOPS_MAX_MTD_SIZE (8 * 1024 * 1024)
 
-#define MTDOOPS_KERNMSG_MAGIC 0x5d005d00
-#define MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE   8
-
 static unsigned long record_size = 4096;
 module_param(record_size, ulong, 0400);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(record_size,
@@ -40,6 +38,14 @@ module_param(dump_oops, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dump_oops,
 		"set to 1 to dump oopses, 0 to only dump panics (default 1)");
 
+#define MTDOOPS_KERNMSG_MAGIC 0x5d005e00
+
+struct mtdoops_hdr {
+	u32 seq;
+	u32 magic;
+	ktime_t timestamp;
+} __packed;
+
 static struct mtdoops_context {
 	struct kmsg_dumper dump;
 
@@ -178,16 +184,18 @@ static void mtdoops_write(struct mtdoops_context *cxt, int panic)
 {
 	struct mtd_info *mtd = cxt->mtd;
 	size_t retlen;
-	u32 *hdr;
+	struct mtdoops_hdr *hdr;
 	int ret;
+	ktime_t ktime = ktime_get_real();
 
 	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &cxt->oops_buf_busy))
 		return;
 
 	/* Add mtdoops header to the buffer */
-	hdr = cxt->oops_buf;
-	hdr[0] = cxt->nextcount;
-	hdr[1] = MTDOOPS_KERNMSG_MAGIC;
+	hdr = (struct mtdoops_hdr *)cxt->oops_buf;
+	hdr->seq = cxt->nextcount;
+	hdr->magic = MTDOOPS_KERNMSG_MAGIC;
+	hdr->timestamp = ktime_get_real();
 
 	if (panic) {
 		ret = mtd_panic_write(mtd, cxt->nextpage * record_size,
@@ -222,8 +230,9 @@ static void mtdoops_workfunc_write(struct work_struct *work)
 static void find_next_position(struct mtdoops_context *cxt)
 {
 	struct mtd_info *mtd = cxt->mtd;
+	struct mtdoops_hdr hdr;
 	int ret, page, maxpos = 0;
-	u32 count[2], maxcount = 0xffffffff;
+	u32 maxcount = 0xffffffff;
 	size_t retlen;
 
 	for (page = 0; page < cxt->oops_pages; page++) {
@@ -231,32 +240,31 @@ static void find_next_position(struct mtdoops_context *cxt)
 			continue;
 		/* Assume the page is used */
 		mark_page_used(cxt, page);
-		ret = mtd_read(mtd, page * record_size, MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE,
-			       &retlen, (u_char *)&count[0]);
-		if (retlen != MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE ||
+		ret = mtd_read(mtd, page * record_size, sizeof(hdr),
+			       &retlen, (u_char *)&hdr);
+		if (retlen != sizeof(hdr) ||
 				(ret < 0 && !mtd_is_bitflip(ret))) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: read failure at %ld (%td of %d read), err %d\n",
-			       page * record_size, retlen,
-			       MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE, ret);
+			       page * record_size, retlen, sizeof(hdr), ret);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (count[0] == 0xffffffff && count[1] == 0xffffffff)
+		if (hdr.seq == 0xffffffff && hdr.magic == 0xffffffff)
 			mark_page_unused(cxt, page);
-		if (count[0] == 0xffffffff || count[1] != MTDOOPS_KERNMSG_MAGIC)
+		if (hdr.seq == 0xffffffff || hdr.magic != MTDOOPS_KERNMSG_MAGIC)
 			continue;
 		if (maxcount == 0xffffffff) {
-			maxcount = count[0];
+			maxcount = hdr.seq;
 			maxpos = page;
-		} else if (count[0] < 0x40000000 && maxcount > 0xc0000000) {
-			maxcount = count[0];
+		} else if (hdr.seq < 0x40000000 && maxcount > 0xc0000000) {
+			maxcount = hdr.seq;
 			maxpos = page;
-		} else if (count[0] > maxcount && count[0] < 0xc0000000) {
-			maxcount = count[0];
+		} else if (hdr.seq > maxcount && hdr.seq < 0xc0000000) {
+			maxcount = hdr.seq;
 			maxpos = page;
-		} else if (count[0] > maxcount && count[0] > 0xc0000000
+		} else if (hdr.seq > maxcount && hdr.seq > 0xc0000000
 					&& maxcount > 0x80000000) {
-			maxcount = count[0];
+			maxcount = hdr.seq;
 			maxpos = page;
 		}
 	}
@@ -287,8 +295,9 @@ static void mtdoops_do_dump(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
 
 	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &cxt->oops_buf_busy))
 		return;
-	kmsg_dump_get_buffer(&iter, true, cxt->oops_buf + MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE,
-			     record_size - MTDOOPS_HEADER_SIZE, NULL);
+	kmsg_dump_get_buffer(&iter, true,
+			     cxt->oops_buf + sizeof(struct mtdoops_hdr),
+			     record_size - sizeof(struct mtdoops_hdr), NULL);
 	clear_bit(0, &cxt->oops_buf_busy);
 
 	if (reason != KMSG_DUMP_OOPS) {
