diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index 8c42cf8d2444..5989b0ead1ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -99,6 +99,19 @@ static inline bool timespec_valid_strict(const struct timespec *ts)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static inline bool timeval_valid(const struct timeval *tv)
+{
+	/* Dates before 1970 are bogus */
+	if (tv->tv_sec < 0)
+		return false;
+
+	/* Can't have more microseconds then a second */
+	if (tv->tv_usec < 0 || tv->tv_usec >= USEC_PER_SEC)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 extern struct timespec timespec_trunc(struct timespec t, unsigned gran);
 
 #define CURRENT_TIME		(current_kernel_time())
diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index a9ae20fb0b11..22d5d3b73970 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct timeval __user *, tv,
 	if (tv) {
 		if (copy_from_user(&user_tv, tv, sizeof(*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;
 	}