diff --git a/cube/User/Src/networkAbstractionLayer_lan.c b/cube/User/Src/networkAbstractionLayer_lan.c
index ea2c9ba..36350eb 100644
--- a/cube/User/Src/networkAbstractionLayer_lan.c
+++ b/cube/User/Src/networkAbstractionLayer_lan.c
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ void networkSntpEngine(void *handle) {
                                srcPort);
                     
                     coloredMsg(LOG_BLUE, "nes, received in the %d. cycles", localHandle->retryCount);
-                    localHandle->seconds = ((uint64_t)localHandle->ntpMsg.s.xmt_h) - UNIX_NTP_EPOCH_DIFF;
+                    uint32_t xmt_h = localHandle->ntpMsg.s.xmt_h;
+                    localHandle->seconds = ((uint64_t)xmt_h) - UNIX_NTP_EPOCH_DIFF;
                     coloredMsg(LOG_BLUE, "nes, xmt: %08x", localHandle->ntpMsg.s.xmt_h);
                     coloredMsg(LOG_BLUE, "nes, seconds: %lu", localHandle->seconds);
                     localHandle->sntpState = SNTP_STATE_DONE;