diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-mtrace.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-mtrace.c
index 9f1e33ee882612..c7e893e0336a5c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-mtrace.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-mtrace.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
+#include <linux/sched/clock.h>
 #include <sound/sof/ipc4/header.h>
 #include "sof-priv.h"
 #include "ipc4-priv.h"
@@ -411,8 +412,9 @@ static int ipc4_mtrace_enable(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	struct sof_mtrace_priv *priv = sdev->fw_trace_data;
 	const struct sof_ipc_ops *iops = sdev->ipc->ops;
 	struct sof_ipc4_msg msg;
+	u64 send_time, reply_time;
+	u64 fw_receive_latency;
 	u64 system_time;
-	ktime_t kt;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (priv->mtrace_state != SOF_MTRACE_DISABLED)
@@ -424,9 +426,19 @@ static int ipc4_mtrace_enable(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	msg.primary |= SOF_IPC4_MOD_INSTANCE(SOF_IPC4_MOD_INIT_BASEFW_INSTANCE_ID);
 	msg.extension = SOF_IPC4_MOD_EXT_MSG_PARAM_ID(SOF_IPC4_FW_PARAM_SYSTEM_TIME);
 
-	/* The system time is in usec, UTC, epoch is 1601-01-01 00:00:00 */
-	kt = ktime_add_us(ktime_get_real(), FW_EPOCH_DELTA * USEC_PER_SEC);
-	system_time = ktime_to_us(kt);
+	/* do calibration to get the latency beween timestamp generation and fw processing */
+	send_time = local_clock();
+	msg.data_size = sizeof(system_time);
+	msg.data_ptr = &system_time;
+	/* get system time from fw */
+	ret = iops->set_get_data(sdev, &msg, msg.data_size, false);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	reply_time = local_clock();
+	fw_receive_latency = (reply_time - send_time) / 2;
+
+	/* The system time is in usec and aligned with syslog */
+	system_time =(local_clock() + fw_receive_latency) / 1000;
 	msg.data_size = sizeof(system_time);
 	msg.data_ptr = &system_time;
 	ret = iops->set_get_data(sdev, &msg, msg.data_size, true);