diff --git a/xml/System.Diagnostics.Tracing/EventSource.xml b/xml/System.Diagnostics.Tracing/EventSource.xml
index b79064b61a2..f1b44ef4946 100644
--- a/xml/System.Diagnostics.Tracing/EventSource.xml
+++ b/xml/System.Diagnostics.Tracing/EventSource.xml
@@ -3820,7 +3820,7 @@ desc.DataPointer = (IntPtr)(&arg);
 desc.Size = UIntPtr.Size;
 
 // DateTime arg
-long fileTime = arg.ToFileTimeUtc();
+long fileTime = arg.ToUniversalTime() > new DateTime(1601, 1, 1) ? arg.ToFileTimeUtc() : 0;
 desc.DataPointer = (IntPtr)(&fileTime);
 desc.Size = 8;