diff --git a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java
index 73c88c7..33bd36d 100644
--- a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java
+++ b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import android.net.util.SocketUtils;
 import android.system.ErrnoException;
 import android.system.Os;
+import android.system.OsConstants;
 import android.system.StructTimeval;
 import android.util.Log;
 
@@ -291,5 +292,20 @@
         return Os.write(fd, bytes, offset, count);
     }
 
+    private static final long CLOCK_TICKS_PER_SECOND = Os.sysconf(OsConstants._SC_CLK_TCK);
+
+    /**
+     * Convert the system time in clock ticks(clock_t type in times(), not in clock()) to
+     * milliseconds. times() clock_t ticks at the kernel's USER_HZ (100) while clock() clock_t
+     * ticks at CLOCKS_PER_SEC (1000000).
+     *
+     * See the NOTES on https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/times.2.html for the difference
+     * of clock_t used in clock() and times().
+     */
+    public static long ticksToMilliSeconds(int intClockTicks) {
+        final long longClockTicks = intClockTicks & 0xffffffffL;
+        return (longClockTicks * 1000) / CLOCK_TICKS_PER_SECOND;
+    }
+
     private NetlinkUtils() {}
 }
diff --git a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/StructNdaCacheInfo.java b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/StructNdaCacheInfo.java
index 79d5ff4..1f9bb7e 100644
--- a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/StructNdaCacheInfo.java
+++ b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/StructNdaCacheInfo.java
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.android.net.module.util.netlink;
 
-import android.system.Os;
-import android.system.OsConstants;
+import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils.ticksToMilliSeconds;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
@@ -57,15 +56,6 @@
         return struct;
     }
 
-    // TODO: investigate whether this can change during device runtime and
-    // decide what (if anything) should be done about that.
-    private static final long CLOCK_TICKS_PER_SECOND = Os.sysconf(OsConstants._SC_CLK_TCK);
-
-    private static long ticksToMilliSeconds(int intClockTicks) {
-        final long longClockTicks = (long) intClockTicks & 0xffffffff;
-        return (longClockTicks * 1000) / CLOCK_TICKS_PER_SECOND;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Explanatory notes, for reference.
      *