diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index e23e5a54d..12f388023 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ void updateCachedTime(int update_daylight_info) {
     t /= 1000;
     __atomic_store(&g_pserver->mstime, &t, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
     t /= 1000;
-    __atomic_store(&g_pserver->unixtime, &t, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+    g_pserver->unixtime = t;
 
     /* To get information about daylight saving time, we need to call
      * localtime_r and cache the result. However calling localtime_r in this