diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index 1ae77b41050abb8404046261718cf6e8a6386da5..51faafd310a2e41c9ed2a42a823ca4fe5f31a59f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -623,20 +623,27 @@ static int pp_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (copy_from_user(time32, argp, sizeof(time32)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
+		if ((time32[0] < 0) || (time32[1] < 0))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		return pp_set_timeout(pp->pdev, time32[0], time32[1]);
 
 	case PPSETTIME64:
 		if (copy_from_user(time64, argp, sizeof(time64)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
+		if ((time64[0] < 0) || (time64[1] < 0))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPARC64) && !in_compat_syscall())
+			time64[1] >>= 32;
+
 		return pp_set_timeout(pp->pdev, time64[0], time64[1]);
 
 	case PPGETTIME32:
 		jiffies_to_timespec64(pp->pdev->timeout, &ts);
 		time32[0] = ts.tv_sec;
 		time32[1] = ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC;
-		if ((time32[0] < 0) || (time32[1] < 0))
-			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (copy_to_user(argp, time32, sizeof(time32)))
 			return -EFAULT;
@@ -647,8 +654,9 @@ static int pp_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		jiffies_to_timespec64(pp->pdev->timeout, &ts);
 		time64[0] = ts.tv_sec;
 		time64[1] = ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC;
-		if ((time64[0] < 0) || (time64[1] < 0))
-			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPARC64) && !in_compat_syscall())
+			time64[1] <<= 32;
 
 		if (copy_to_user(argp, time64, sizeof(time64)))
 			return -EFAULT;