diff --git a/components/esp8266/source/esp_timer.c b/components/esp8266/source/esp_timer.c
index f44f1cb0..cb4c1f67 100644
--- a/components/esp8266/source/esp_timer.c
+++ b/components/esp8266/source/esp_timer.c
@@ -246,21 +246,21 @@ esp_err_t esp_timer_delete(esp_timer_handle_t timer)
 
 int64_t esp_timer_get_time()
 {
-    extern esp_tick_t g_cpu_ticks;
     extern uint64_t g_os_ticks;
 
     esp_irqflag_t flag;
-    esp_tick_t diff_ticks, ticks;
+    uint64_t diff_ticks, ticks, prev_ticks;
     uint64_t time;
 
     flag = soc_save_local_irq();
 
     time = g_os_ticks * portTICK_PERIOD_MS * 1000;
+    prev_ticks = soc_get_ccompare() - _xt_tick_divisor;
     ticks = soc_get_ticks();
-    if (ticks >= g_cpu_ticks) {
-        diff_ticks = ticks - g_cpu_ticks;
+    if (ticks >= prev_ticks) {
+        diff_ticks = ticks - prev_ticks;
     } else {
-        diff_ticks = ESP_TICKS_MAX - g_cpu_ticks + ticks;
+        diff_ticks = ESP_TICKS_MAX - prev_ticks + ticks;
     }
 
     time += diff_ticks / (_xt_tick_divisor * configTICK_RATE_HZ / (1000 * 1000));