diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux.zig b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
index f39d48d7996d51ade1fb5df3b9d40fa267fb5fe7..aeecb8c1b499313efc00b40711359f4e85f87d18 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
@@ -9460,7 +9460,11 @@ pub const UTIME = struct {
 };
 
 // https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4726#issuecomment-2190337877
-pub const timespec = if (native_arch == .hexagon or native_arch == .riscv32) kernel_timespec else extern struct {
+const use_kernel_timespec = native_arch == .hexagon or native_arch == .riscv32 or switch (native_abi) {
+    .gnux32, .muslx32, .x32 => true,
+    else => false,
+};
+pub const timespec = if (use_kernel_timespec) kernel_timespec else extern struct {
     sec: isize,
     nsec: isize,
 };