1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/itimer.c b/kernel/itimer.c
index 22000c3db0dd..8d262b467573 100644
--- a/kernel/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/itimer.c
@@ -284,8 +284,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setitimer, int, which, struct itimerval __user *, value,
         if (value) {
                 if(copy_from_user(&set_buffer, value, sizeof(set_buffer)))
                         return -EFAULT;
-        } else
-                memset((char *) &set_buffer, 0, sizeof(set_buffer));
+        } else {
+                memset(&set_buffer, 0, sizeof(set_buffer));
+                printk_once(KERN_WARNING "%s calls setitimer() with new_value NULL pointer."
+                            " Misfeature support will be removed\n",
+                            current->comm);
+        }
 
         error = do_setitimer(which, &set_buffer, ovalue ? &get_buffer : NULL);
         if (error || !ovalue)