diff --git a/qubes/tests/integ/vm_qrexec_gui.py b/qubes/tests/integ/vm_qrexec_gui.py
index dba1fccbd..28cab2db5 100644
--- a/qubes/tests/integ/vm_qrexec_gui.py
+++ b/qubes/tests/integ/vm_qrexec_gui.py
@@ -399,10 +399,13 @@ def test_210_time_sync(self):
             self.assertEqual(p.returncode, 0)
             vm_time, _ = self.loop.run_until_complete(
                 self.testvm2.run_for_stdio('date -u +%s'))
-            self.assertAlmostEquals(int(vm_time), int(start_time), delta=30)
+            # get current time
+            current_time, _ = self.loop.run_until_complete(
+                self.testvm1.run_for_stdio('date -u +%s'))
+            self.assertAlmostEquals(int(vm_time), int(current_time), delta=30)
 
             dom0_time = subprocess.check_output(['date', '-u', '+%s'])
-            self.assertAlmostEquals(int(dom0_time), int(start_time), delta=30)
+            self.assertAlmostEquals(int(dom0_time), int(current_time), delta=30)
 
         except:
             # reset time to some approximation of the real time