diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
index cfe62fefb06..a268468ea59 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ static void checkSampleExpression(const StorageInMemoryMetadata & metadata, bool
             ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_COLUMN_FOR_FILTER);
 }
 
+inline UInt64 time_in_microseconds(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> timepoint)
+{
+    return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(timepoint.time_since_epoch()).count();
+}
+
+inline UInt64 time_in_seconds(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> timepoint)
+{
+    return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(timepoint.time_since_epoch()).count();
+}
+
 MergeTreeData::MergeTreeData(
     const StorageID & table_id_,
     const String & relative_data_path_,
@@ -1246,7 +1256,11 @@ void MergeTreeData::removePartsFinally(const MergeTreeData::DataPartsVector & pa
         PartLogElement part_log_elem;
 
         part_log_elem.event_type = PartLogElement::REMOVE_PART;
-        part_log_elem.event_time = time(nullptr);
+
+        const auto time_now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+        part_log_elem.event_time = time_in_seconds(time_now);
+        part_log_elem.event_time_microseconds = time_in_microseconds(time_now);
+
         part_log_elem.duration_ms = 0; //-V1048
 
         part_log_elem.database_name = table_id.database_name;
@@ -4579,17 +4593,6 @@ bool MergeTreeData::canReplacePartition(const DataPartPtr & src_part) const
     return true;
 }
 
-inline UInt64 time_in_microseconds(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> timepoint)
-{
-    return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(timepoint.time_since_epoch()).count();
-}
-
-
-inline UInt64 time_in_seconds(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> timepoint)
-{
-    return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(timepoint.time_since_epoch()).count();
-}
-
 void MergeTreeData::writePartLog(
     PartLogElement::Type type,
     const ExecutionStatus & execution_status,
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01686_event_time_microseconds_part_log.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01686_event_time_microseconds_part_log.reference
index 9766475a418..79ebd0860f4 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01686_event_time_microseconds_part_log.reference
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01686_event_time_microseconds_part_log.reference
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 ok
+ok
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01686_event_time_microseconds_part_log.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01686_event_time_microseconds_part_log.sql
index 4a653379ef1..6063be4d1da 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01686_event_time_microseconds_part_log.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01686_event_time_microseconds_part_log.sql
@@ -10,16 +10,27 @@ ORDER BY key;
 
 INSERT INTO table_with_single_pk SELECT number, toString(number % 10) FROM numbers(1000000);
 
+-- Check NewPart
 SYSTEM FLUSH LOGS;
-
 WITH (
          SELECT (event_time, event_time_microseconds)
          FROM system.part_log
-         WHERE "table" = 'table_with_single_pk'
-             AND "database" = currentDatabase()
+         WHERE table = 'table_with_single_pk' AND database = currentDatabase() AND event_type = 'NewPart'
          ORDER BY event_time DESC
          LIMIT 1
     ) AS time
 SELECT if(dateDiff('second', toDateTime(time.2), toDateTime(time.1)) = 0, 'ok', 'fail');
 
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_with_single_pk;
+-- Now let's check RemovePart
+TRUNCATE TABLE table_with_single_pk;
+SYSTEM FLUSH LOGS;
+WITH (
+         SELECT (event_time, event_time_microseconds)
+         FROM system.part_log
+         WHERE table = 'table_with_single_pk' AND database = currentDatabase() AND event_type = 'RemovePart'
+         ORDER BY event_time DESC
+         LIMIT 1
+    ) AS time
+SELECT if(dateDiff('second', toDateTime(time.2), toDateTime(time.1)) = 0, 'ok', 'fail');
+
+DROP TABLE table_with_single_pk;