diff --git a/arch/sim/src/sim/up_hostfs.c b/arch/sim/src/sim/up_hostfs.c
index 828f7e9803..151799e58f 100644
--- a/arch/sim/src/sim/up_hostfs.c
+++ b/arch/sim/src/sim/up_hostfs.c
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ int host_fchstat(int fd, const struct nuttx_stat_s *buf, int flags)
         }
       else
         {
+          times[0].tv_sec = 0;
           times[0].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
         }
 
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ int host_fchstat(int fd, const struct nuttx_stat_s *buf, int flags)
         }
       else
         {
+          times[1].tv_sec = 0;
           times[1].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
         }
 
@@ -634,6 +636,7 @@ int host_chstat(const char *path, const struct nuttx_stat_s *buf, int flags)
         }
       else
         {
+          times[0].tv_sec = 0;
           times[0].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
         }
 
@@ -644,6 +647,7 @@ int host_chstat(const char *path, const struct nuttx_stat_s *buf, int flags)
         }
       else
         {
+          times[1].tv_sec = 0;
           times[1].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
         }
 
diff --git a/fs/rpmsgfs/rpmsgfs_server.c b/fs/rpmsgfs/rpmsgfs_server.c
index 41b7984a0c..6698be31bf 100644
--- a/fs/rpmsgfs/rpmsgfs_server.c
+++ b/fs/rpmsgfs/rpmsgfs_server.c
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ static int rpmsgfs_chstat_handler(FAR struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept,
         }
       else
         {
+          times[0].tv_sec = 0;
           times[0].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
         }
 
@@ -778,6 +779,7 @@ static int rpmsgfs_chstat_handler(FAR struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept,
         }
       else
         {
+          times[1].tv_sec = 0;
           times[1].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
         }