diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 22183c2ef284..7e51d3a5e4f6 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -206,7 +206,19 @@ static int sock_set_timeout(long *timeo_p, char __user *optval, int optlen)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (copy_from_user(&tv, optval, sizeof(tv)))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	if (tv.tv_usec < 0 || tv.tv_usec >= USEC_PER_SEC)
+		return -EDOM;
 
+	if (tv.tv_sec < 0) {
+		static int warned = 0;
+		*timeo_p = 0;
+		if (warned < 10 && net_ratelimit())
+			warned++;
+			printk(KERN_INFO "sock_set_timeout: `%s' (pid %d) "
+			       "tries to set negative timeout\n",
+			        current->comm, current->pid);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	*timeo_p = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 	if (tv.tv_sec == 0 && tv.tv_usec == 0)
 		return 0;