diff --git a/sql/log.cc b/sql/log.cc
index 600cf879962..ade0f3812e8 100644
--- a/sql/log.cc
+++ b/sql/log.cc
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ bool Log_to_csv_event_handler::log_slow(
 
   /* store the time and user values */
   assert(table->field[SQLT_FIELD_START_TIME]->type() == MYSQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP);
-  ull2timeval(current_utime, &tv);
+  ull2timeval(query_start_arg, &tv);
   table->field[SQLT_FIELD_START_TIME]->store_timestamp(&tv);
 
   table->field[SQLT_FIELD_USER_HOST]->store(user_host, user_host_len,