diff --git a/src/shims/time.rs b/src/shims/time.rs
index adcca21fb4c0..835541f9a957 100644
--- a/src/shims/time.rs
+++ b/src/shims/time.rs
@@ -169,13 +169,14 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
 
         let info = this.deref_operand(info_op)?;
 
-        // Since we return nanoseceonds instead of ticks from
+        // Since we return nanoseconds instead of ticks from
         // `mach_absolute_time`, we don't need to scale the absolute
         // time.
         let (numer, denom) = (1,1);
+        let uint32_layout = this.layout_of(this.tcx.types.u32)?;
         let imms = [
-            immty_from_int_checked(numer, this.libc_ty_layout("uint32_t")?)?,
-            immty_from_int_checked(denom, this.libc_ty_layout("uint32_t")?)?
+            immty_from_int_checked(numer, uint32_layout)?,
+            immty_from_int_checked(denom, uint32_layout)?
         ];
 
         this.write_packed_immediates(info, &imms)?;
diff --git a/tests/run-pass/time.rs b/tests/run-pass/time.rs
index 9ae64fbae42a..2c9b579f7e29 100644
--- a/tests/run-pass/time.rs
+++ b/tests/run-pass/time.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ fn main() {
     for _ in 0..10 { drop(vec![42]); }
     let now2 = Instant::now();
     assert!(now2 > now1);
-
     let diff = now2.duration_since(now1);
     assert_eq!(now1 + diff, now2);
     assert_eq!(now2 - diff, now1);