diff --git a/pkg/manager/crash.go b/pkg/manager/crash.go
index a62ec8280125..e537cdf60284 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/crash.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/crash.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (cs *CrashStore) BugInfo(id string, full bool) (*BugInfo, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	stat, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, "description"))
+	ret.FirstTime, ret.LastTime, err = osutil.FileTimes(filepath.Join(dir, "description"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@ func (cs *CrashStore) BugInfo(id string, full bool) (*BugInfo, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret.FirstTime = osutil.CreationTime(stat)
-	ret.LastTime = stat.ModTime()
 	files, err := osutil.ListDir(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/osutil/osutil.go b/pkg/osutil/osutil.go
index fa963a3fbbae..d566827325d6 100644
--- a/pkg/osutil/osutil.go
+++ b/pkg/osutil/osutil.go
@@ -351,10 +351,9 @@ func Abs(path string) string {
 	return filepath.Clean(path)
 }
 
-// CreationTime returns file creation time.
-// May return zero time, if not known.
-func CreationTime(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
-	return creationTime(fi)
+// FileTimes returns file creation and modification times.
+func FileTimes(file string) (time.Time, time.Time, error) {
+	return fileTimes(file)
 }
 
 // MonotonicNano returns monotonic time in nanoseconds from some unspecified point in time.
diff --git a/pkg/osutil/osutil_linux.go b/pkg/osutil/osutil_linux.go
index 50be9b047282..5ab63928095f 100644
--- a/pkg/osutil/osutil_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/osutil/osutil_linux.go
@@ -18,9 +18,20 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
-func creationTime(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
-	st := fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
-	return time.Unix(int64(st.Ctim.Sec), int64(st.Ctim.Nsec)) // nolint: unconvert
+func fileTimes(file string) (time.Time, time.Time, error) {
+	// Btime stands for "birth" time, which is creation time.
+	var statx unix.Statx_t
+	err := unix.Statx(unix.AT_FDCWD, file, unix.AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, unix.STATX_BTIME|unix.STATX_MTIME, &statx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return time.Time{}, time.Time{}, err
+	}
+	modTime := time.Unix(statx.Mtime.Sec, int64(statx.Mtime.Nsec))
+	// Some filesystems may not store the birth time.
+	creationTime := modTime
+	if statx.Mask&unix.STATX_BTIME != 0 {
+		creationTime = time.Unix(statx.Btime.Sec, int64(statx.Btime.Nsec))
+	}
+	return creationTime, modTime, nil
 }
 
 // RemoveAll is similar to os.RemoveAll, but can handle more cases.
diff --git a/pkg/osutil/osutil_nonlinux.go b/pkg/osutil/osutil_nonlinux.go
index 1d3ee8b82f03..bc696d3fc291 100644
--- a/pkg/osutil/osutil_nonlinux.go
+++ b/pkg/osutil/osutil_nonlinux.go
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func creationTime(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
-	return time.Time{}
+func fileTimes(file string) (time.Time, time.Time, error) {
+	stat, err := os.Stat(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return time.Time{}, time.Time{}, err
+	}
+	// Creation time is not present in stat, so we use modification time for both.
+	modTime := stat.ModTime()
+	return modTime, modTime, nil
 }
 
 func RemoveAll(dir string) error {