diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index d361b74d32..22138a8d30 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ var defaultLogFormatter = func(param LogFormatterParams) string {
 	}
 
 	if param.Latency > time.Minute {
-		// Truncate in a golang < 1.8 safe way
-		param.Latency = param.Latency - param.Latency%time.Second
+		param.Latency = param.Latency.Truncate(time.Second)
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("[GIN] %v |%s %3d %s| %13v | %15s |%s %-7s %s %#v\n%s",
 		param.TimeStamp.Format("2006/01/02 - 15:04:05"),