diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index e51f578636a5718d4f0e438b90b4b78a12b6b7da..36dc91ace83ae97069df82f5e3923a24275c6a9b 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -1019,14 +1019,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(osf_settimeofday, struct timeval32 __user *, tv,
  	if (tv) {
 		if (get_tv32((struct timeval *)&kts, tv))
 			return -EFAULT;
+		kts.tv_nsec *= 1000;
 	}
 	if (tz) {
 		if (copy_from_user(&ktz, tz, sizeof(*tz)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	kts.tv_nsec *= 1000;
-
 	return do_sys_settimeofday(tv ? &kts : NULL, tz ? &ktz : NULL);
 }