diff --git a/src/libraries/Common/src/System/TimeProvider.cs b/src/libraries/Common/src/System/TimeProvider.cs
index a6e2936516550e..9eca00ff0311a7 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Common/src/System/TimeProvider.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Common/src/System/TimeProvider.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ public DateTimeOffset GetLocalNow()
 #endif // SYSTEM_PRIVATE_CORELIB
             }
             TimeSpan offset = zoneInfo.GetUtcOffset(utcDateTime);
+            if (offset.Ticks is 0)
+            {
+                return utcDateTime;
+            }
 
             long localTicks = utcDateTime.Ticks + offset.Ticks;
             if ((ulong)localTicks > (ulong)s_maxDateTicks)