diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/utmpx.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/utmpx.rs
index bdc3544b2bc..e9d1bb28ac8 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/utmpx.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/utmpx.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ impl Utmpx {
         let ts_nanos: i128 = (1_000_000_000_i64 * self.inner.ut_tv.tv_sec as i64
             + 1_000_i64 * self.inner.ut_tv.tv_usec as i64)
             .into();
-        let local_offset = time::OffsetDateTime::now_local().unwrap().offset();
+        let local_offset =
+            time::OffsetDateTime::now_local().map_or_else(|_| time::UtcOffset::UTC, |v| v.offset());
         time::OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp_nanos(ts_nanos)
             .unwrap()
             .to_offset(local_offset)