diff --git a/src/basic/time-util.h b/src/basic/time-util.h
index b648a3b59e..73ba8b9544 100644
--- a/src/basic/time-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/time-util.h
@@ -214,10 +214,13 @@ static inline usec_t usec_sub_signed(usec_t timestamp, int64_t delta) {
 
 static inline int usleep_safe(usec_t usec) {
         /* usleep() takes useconds_t that is (typically?) uint32_t. Also, usleep() may only support the
-         * range [0, 1000000]. See usleep(3). Let's override usleep() with nanosleep(). */
+         * range [0, 1000000]. See usleep(3). Let's override usleep() with clock_nanosleep().
+         *
+         * ⚠️ Note we are not using plain nanosleep() here, since that operates on CLOCK_REALTIME, not
+         *    CLOCK_MONOTONIC! */
 
         // FIXME: use RET_NERRNO() macro here. Currently, this header cannot include errno-util.h.
-        return nanosleep(TIMESPEC_STORE(usec), NULL) < 0 ? -errno : 0;
+        return clock_nanosleep(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, 0, TIMESPEC_STORE(usec), NULL) < 0 ? -errno : 0;
 }
 
 /* The last second we can format is 31. Dec 9999, 1s before midnight, because otherwise we'd enter 5 digit