diff --git a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
index 763d869f0a..a688d7bbb5 100644
--- a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
@@ -1445,6 +1445,19 @@ function get_cpu_speed() {
 	return exec("sysctl hw.clockrate | awk '{ print $2 }'");
 }
 
+function get_uptime_sec() {
+	$boottime = "";
+	$matches = "";
+	exec("/sbin/sysctl -n kern.boottime", $boottime);
+	preg_match("/sec = (\d+)/", $boottime[0], $matches);
+	$boottime = $matches[1];
+	if(intval($boottime) == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	$uptime = time() - $boottime;
+	return $uptime;
+}
+
 function add_hostname_to_watch($hostname) {
 	if(!is_dir("/var/db/dnscache")) {
 		mkdir("/var/db/dnscache");
diff --git a/usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php b/usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php
index 6a60fcf1ea..4a8ffc813b 100644
--- a/usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php
+++ b/usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ if(Connection_Aborted()) {
 }
 
 require_once("config.inc");
+require_once("pfsense-utils.inc");
 
 function get_stats() {
 	$stats['cpu'] = cpu_usage();
@@ -77,15 +78,8 @@ function get_gatewaystats() {
 }
 
 function get_uptime() {
-	$boottime = "";
-	$matches = "";
-	exec("/sbin/sysctl -n kern.boottime", $boottime);
-	preg_match("/sec = (\d+)/", $boottime[0], $matches);
-	$boottime = $matches[1];
-	$uptime = time() - $boottime;
+	$uptime = get_uptime_sec();
 
-	if(intval($boottime) == 0)
-		return;
 	if(intval($uptime) == 0)
 		return;