diff --git a/archive/time_windows.go b/archive/time_windows.go
index 71f397821..d906a3e5e 100644
--- a/archive/time_windows.go
+++ b/archive/time_windows.go
@@ -25,18 +25,17 @@ import (
 // chtimes will set the create time on a file using the given modtime.
 // This requires calling SetFileTime and explicitly including the create time.
 func chtimes(path string, atime, mtime time.Time) error {
-	ctimespec := windows.NsecToTimespec(mtime.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(mtime.UnixNano())
 	return windows.SetFileTime(h, &c, nil, nil)
 }