diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index 5a01c4fdbfef40337a5a06b9944391820df8d5cd..977bb6b78b0ccc643686f6e36efc6618c9f88e60 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -877,6 +877,14 @@ static int do_timer_settime(timer_t timer_id, int flags,
 	if (!timespec64_valid(&new_spec64->it_interval) ||
 	    !timespec64_valid(&new_spec64->it_value))
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (new_spec64->it_interval.tv_sec >= KTIME_SEC_MAX) {
+		new_spec64->it_interval.tv_sec = KTIME_SEC_MAX;
+		new_spec64->it_interval.tv_nsec = 0;
+	}
+	if (new_spec64->it_value.tv_sec >= KTIME_SEC_MAX) {
+		new_spec64->it_value.tv_sec = KTIME_SEC_MAX;
+		new_spec64->it_value.tv_nsec = 0;
+	}
 
 	if (old_spec64)
 		memset(old_spec64, 0, sizeof(*old_spec64));