diff --git a/src/core/iomgr/pollset_windows.c b/src/core/iomgr/pollset_windows.c
index 24226cc9801..a9c4739c7c8 100644
--- a/src/core/iomgr/pollset_windows.c
+++ b/src/core/iomgr/pollset_windows.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void grpc_pollset_destroy(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
 
 int grpc_pollset_work(grpc_pollset *pollset, gpr_timespec deadline) {
   gpr_timespec now;
-  now = gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME);
+  now = gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
   if (gpr_time_cmp(now, deadline) > 0) {
     return 0 /* GPR_FALSE */;
   }
diff --git a/src/core/iomgr/tcp_client_windows.c b/src/core/iomgr/tcp_client_windows.c
index 16741452b91..39fd43130b0 100644
--- a/src/core/iomgr/tcp_client_windows.c
+++ b/src/core/iomgr/tcp_client_windows.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void grpc_tcp_client_connect(void (*cb)(void *arg, grpc_endpoint *tcp),
   ac->aborted = 0;
 
   grpc_alarm_init(&ac->alarm, deadline, on_alarm, ac,
-                  gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME));
+                  gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC));
   socket->write_info.outstanding = 1;
   grpc_socket_notify_on_write(socket, on_connect, ac);
   return;