diff --git a/libuvc_camera/src/camera_driver.cpp b/libuvc_camera/src/camera_driver.cpp
index 7fa5aeec2c205cdb07f88c179b010ad22214111c..34024f197ba15c2eaabf428653ba64d8951fd290 100644
--- a/libuvc_camera/src/camera_driver.cpp
+++ b/libuvc_camera/src/camera_driver.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void CameraDriver::ReconfigureCallback(UVCCameraConfig &new_config, uint32_t lev
 }
 
 void CameraDriver::ImageCallback(uvc_frame_t *frame) {
-  ros::Time timestamp = ros::Time(frame->capture_time.tv_sec, frame->capture_time.tv_usec);
+  ros::Time timestamp = ros::Time::now();
 
   boost::recursive_mutex::scoped_lock(mutex_);