--- fs/proc/proc_misc.c.old	Wed Mar 19 15:21:20 2003
+++ fs/proc/proc_misc.c	Wed Mar 19 15:31:36 2003
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
 static int kstat_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 				 int count, int *eof, void *data)
 {
+	static unsigned long btime = 0UL;
 	int i, len;
 	extern unsigned long total_forks;
 	unsigned long jif = jiffies;
@@ -314,12 +315,15 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!btime)
+		btime = xtime.tv_sec - jif / HZ;
+
 	len += sprintf(page + len,
 		"\nctxt %lu\n"
 		"btime %lu\n"
 		"processes %lu\n",
 		nr_context_switches(),
-		xtime.tv_sec - jif / HZ,
+		btime,
 		total_forks);
 
 	return proc_calc_metrics(page, start, off, count, eof, len);