diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index be057d6579f13809d9c1e0161fffbb7c4b3a1d66..8ff9fbd16d6342b3ecc8559fef53b9f408d8a75b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct compat_timeval __user *, tv,
 	if (tv) {
 		if (compat_get_timeval(&user_tv, tv))
 			return -EFAULT;
+
+		if (!timeval_valid(&user_tv))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		new_ts.tv_sec = user_tv.tv_sec;
 		new_ts.tv_nsec = user_tv.tv_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC;
 	}