diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 6d6f98fe64a086ae02c864d1e93ab3b597ef216e..3aa48834a222b87819eb5302a63a507b1b910071 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_utimensat(unsigned int dfd, char __user *filename, st
 		    get_compat_timespec(&tv[1], &t[1]))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		if ((tv[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT || tv[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW)
-		    && tv[0].tv_sec != 0)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		if ((tv[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT || tv[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW)
-		    && tv[1].tv_sec != 0)
-			return -EINVAL;
-
 		if (tv[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT && tv[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
 			return 0;
 	}