diff --git a/internal/common/common_linux.go b/internal/common/common_linux.go
index 85802dcb0..541de93d3 100644
--- a/internal/common/common_linux.go
+++ b/internal/common/common_linux.go
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context, enableCache bool) (uint64, error)
 		if enableCache {
 			atomic.StoreUint64(&cachedBootTime, t)
 		}
+
+		return t, nil
 	}
 
 	filename := HostProcWithContext(ctx, "uptime")
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context, enableCache bool) (uint64, error)
 	if err != nil {
 		return handleBootTimeFileReadErr(err)
 	}
+	currentTime := float64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / float64(time.Second)
+
 	if len(lines) != 1 {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("wrong uptime format")
 	}
@@ -105,7 +109,6 @@ func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context, enableCache bool) (uint64, error)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	currentTime := float64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / float64(time.Second)
 	t := currentTime - b
 
 	if enableCache {