diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_snapshot.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_snapshot.c
index c058e957366..2ee021f0a0d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_snapshot.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_snapshot.c
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ int kgsl_device_snapshot(struct kgsl_device *device, int hang)
 	struct kgsl_snapshot_header *header = device->snapshot;
 	int remain = device->snapshot_maxsize - sizeof(*header);
 	void *snapshot;
+	struct timespec boot;
 
 	/*
 	 * The first hang is always the one we are interested in. To
@@ -559,7 +560,13 @@ int kgsl_device_snapshot(struct kgsl_device *device, int hang)
 		snapshot = device->ftbl->snapshot(device, snapshot, &remain,
 			hang);
 
-	device->snapshot_timestamp = get_seconds();
+	/*
+	 * The timestamp is the seconds since boot so it is easier to match to
+	 * the kernel log
+	 */
+
+	getboottime(&boot);
+	device->snapshot_timestamp = get_seconds() - boot.tv_sec;
 	device->snapshot_size = (int) (snapshot - device->snapshot);
 
 	/* Freeze the snapshot on a hang until it gets read */
@@ -654,7 +661,7 @@ done:
 /* Show the timestamp of the last collected snapshot */
 static ssize_t timestamp_show(struct kgsl_device *device, char *buf)
 {
-	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%x\n", device->snapshot_timestamp);
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", device->snapshot_timestamp);
 }
 
 /* manually trigger a new snapshot to be collected */