diff --git a/pkg/system/chtimes_windows.go b/pkg/system/chtimes_windows.go
index 6664b8bcad..ab478f5c38 100644
--- a/pkg/system/chtimes_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/system/chtimes_windows.go
@@ -9,18 +9,17 @@ import (
 // setCTime will set the create time on a file. On Windows, this requires
 // calling SetFileTime and explicitly including the create time.
 func setCTime(path string, ctime time.Time) error {
-	ctimespec := windows.NsecToTimespec(ctime.UnixNano())
-	pathp, e := windows.UTF16PtrFromString(path)
-	if e != nil {
-		return e
+	pathp, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	h, e := windows.CreateFile(pathp,
+	h, err := windows.CreateFile(pathp,
 		windows.FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES, windows.FILE_SHARE_WRITE, nil,
 		windows.OPEN_EXISTING, windows.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, 0)
-	if e != nil {
-		return e
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 	defer windows.Close(h)
-	c := windows.NsecToFiletime(windows.TimespecToNsec(ctimespec))
+	c := windows.NsecToFiletime(ctime.UnixNano())
 	return windows.SetFileTime(h, &c, nil, nil)
 }