1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 7477b1d2079e..1f23e683d6aa 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int do_sys_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv, struct timezone *tz)
         static int firsttime = 1;
         int error = 0;
 
-        if (!timespec_valid(tv))
+        if (tv && !timespec_valid(tv))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         error = security_settime(tv, tz);